Justifying gender equality through Islam

August 21, 2017 in Society & Culture

Young Norwegian Muslims are more liberal than their parents’ generation when it comes to equality and homosexuality, but both groups find support for their view in Islam, according to a new study.

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Vitamin D can boost immune system’s fight against one of the world’s biggest killers

July 1, 2017 in Health

New study shows how vitamin D could help millions of people who are currently at risk of contracting tuberculosis. But more studies are needed, say scientists.
Breaking through brain’s defence to let in meds

June 30, 2017 in Health

The mystical blood-brain barrier protects the brain like a sentry, making it difficult to get through with vital life-saving medications. Uppsala Professor Christer Betsholtz is trying to find the key needed to enter.
Could asteroids bombard the Earth to cause a mass extinction in 10 million years?

June 29, 2017 in Natural Sciences

Are showers of asteroids to blame for regular extinction events? If so, we might be able to predict and even prevent asteroids causing mass extinctions in the future.
Who reads the Bible in Norway?

June 28, 2017 in Society & Culture

A recent report on Bible use provides some answers.
How fake larvae revealed predator patterns around the world

June 27, 2017 in Natural Sciences

Scientists released an army of fake insect larvae to investigate how predators attack their prey—the tropics officially win as the world’s “hardest place to survive.”
What works best for back pain?

June 26, 2017 in Health

Your back is robust and you should use it. This is the message that many back patients are hearing from their doctor today. But is that enough? Do they recover more quickly if they receive more treatment, like physical therapy?
Increasingly harder for teens to find employment

June 24, 2017 in Society & Culture

Or don’t Norwegian kids want to bother with work because their parents have become filthy rich?
These juggling balls are the result of clever engineering

June 23, 2017 in Natural Sciences

Jugglers learn new patterns – and engineering students gravitate toward a Newtonian challenge.
Citizen Science: Help a Historian

June 23, 2017 in Society & Culture

If you want to help dig into the past, then check out these citizen science projects
How writers handle rejections

June 22, 2017 in Society & Culture

Some burn the rejection slips; others see this as an opportunity to try something utterly new.

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Economists are important in policy-making

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Economists have a large impact on policy-making, Johan Christensen writes in his latest book, where he reveals that neutral bureaucrats do not exist.

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