Time to re-think the climate change challenge

August 16, 2018 in Society & Culture

OPINION: We now know enough about the nature of the earth system that the risk of crossing a planetary threshold that propels us into a Hothouse Earth needs to be taken very seriously.

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Origins of animal life remain a mystery

November 23, 2011 in Environment

For 520 million years, a goldmine of fossils has remained untouched beneath northern Greenland, hiding secrets about the development of animal life on our planet. A new expedition to the area may reveal these secrets.
Moose are the new cows

November 22, 2011 in Agriculture & Fisheries

The Eurasian elk, or moose, is filling in for cows as a forest browser. While Bessie is in the barn or an enclosed pasture, this big herbivore ensures continuity in the overall amount of browsing in outlying land in Norway.
Uncharted area of the brain discovered

November 22, 2011 in Health

Researchers have unveiled a previously unknown area of the brain, a discovery which could lead to new kinds of psychiatric drugs.
Treadmill for fish is an export success

November 21, 2011 in Agriculture & Fisheries

Danish marine biologist left the world of university bureaucracy and started a niche company developing fish respirometers. His past in the field of research has led the company to international success.
Viking research sails eastward

November 21, 2011 in Society & Culture

The Vikings’ relationship to Eastern Europe has been overlooked, but a new era in Viking research is underway, according to Norwegian Archaeologist.
Voices from the grave

November 20, 2011 in Society & Culture

Early in the 13th century husbands and wives were not always allowed to be buried next to each other in cemeteries. Old Norwegian skeletons reveal long-forgotten burial customs.
Bats have the fastest muscles of all mammals

November 20, 2011 in Natural Sciences

Researchers have found extremely fast muscles in bats. They are the fastest muscles ever found in mammals.
Low carb diets rocked in the Stone Age

November 19, 2011 in Society & Culture

The Neolithic population of Northern Europe maintained a diet based mainly on hunting and fishing even after agriculture became well established.
Your face reveals what you are eating

November 19, 2011 in Health

New research links facial expressions to the taste of what we eat. In the future it will be difficult to conceal what we actually think food tastes like.
Mums are main key to healthy kids

November 18, 2011 in Health

Fresh figures show that mothers mean more for young Norwegians’ health choices than fathers do, and that parents’ level of education is a crucial factor regarding healthy consumption.