Today’s generation shocked they might have to care for their parents

August 19, 2019 in Society & Culture

Pushing a pram gives a young middle-class man status in Scandinavia. But when will it be just as cool to push your old father around in a wheelchair?

Latest news

Exhaust gas is to blame: Ground-level ozone is damaging crops

May 2, 2019 in Environment

Exhaust gas emissions have doubled the amount of ground-level ozone. Vegetation is being destroyed. Food production is decreasing. Researchers now fear that the damage is greatest in the Arctic regions.
Striking settlement pattern differences among immigrants in Norway and Sweden

April 29, 2019 in Society & Culture

Immigrants from non-European countries tend to be more dispersed throughout the country in Norway than they are in Sweden, the Netherlands and Belgium.
Online bullying can cause post-traumatic stress-like symptoms

April 26, 2019 in Society & Culture

Many children and young adults have their mobile phones with them when they go to sleep. Some find it absolutely necessary. They never know when they will get a message from a bully.
God's own weapons: Danish foreign fighters tell why they are fighting for jihad

April 24, 2019 in Society & Culture

A Danish scientist has followed six Danish foreign fighters to try to understand, what makes people leave security and safety in Denmark to go to war in the Middle East.
Wolves, but no dogs, in Scandinavian wolf population’s heritage

April 23, 2019 in Natural Sciences

There is no evidence that Scandinavia’s wolf population has been influenced by dog-wolf hybrids, new research shows.
Written in the blood: Researchers detect signs of cancer risk years in advance of disease

April 11, 2019 in Health

Some serious cancers have been linked to an increase of certain proteins in the blood as early as 15-25 years before a person becomes ill, a series of Swedish studies shows.
Fighting the insect apocalypse with hotels, flowers and dead trees

April 8, 2019 in Environment

The news is full of stories about how the world’s insects are disappearing, whether from pollution, climate change, habitat losses or a combination of all three. But there are simple measures that people can use to fight back.
Kidney failure deaths on the rise

April 5, 2019 in Health

More and more elderly people are seeing a sharp reduction in kidney function, while other people live well into their old age with healthy kidneys. Tromsø researchers are looking for the reasons behind this dichotomy — and are getting closer to figuring it out.
Men are more often than women fooled by placebo

April 4, 2019 in Health

It was not until the 1990s that researchers fully began to include both genders in health research. Sara Magelssen Vambheim has contributed with valuable new insights in her study of gender differences in pain experiences.
Children are ashamed of abuse they endured

April 3, 2019 in Health

Childhood violence has major consequences for the victims’ long-term health and living conditions. A new report shows that the shame many individuals feel causes them to withdraw and become lonely.