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Making academics compete for funding does not lead to better science

September 27, 2018 in Society & Culture
New study challenges accepted science policy that more competitive funding and powerful top-down university management is the best way to boost the quality of science produced.

When feeling sick feels great: New study reveals a close link between reward and unease

October 2, 2018 in Health
A recent study shows how mice can be made to prefer sickness, nausea, and stress over feeling well, just be removing one specific receptor from the brain. This could open the door to new treatments against various types of malaise associated with disease.

Tax havens can drive environmental degradation

August 29, 2018 in Society & Culture
A new study from Sweden shows how the use of tax havens is indirectly linked to illegal fishing as well as deforestation in the Amazon.

Double the number of children born to women over the age of 45

August 22, 2018 in Health
Scandinavian women are waiting longer to have children. Last year in Norway, 138 women over age 45 had children – twice as many as ten years earlier, according to figures from the Medical Birth Registry of Norway.

Why you shouldn’t bring your mobile device shopping

August 17, 2018 in Society & Culture
If you want to save money after your holiday, leave your mobile phone at home when shopping. Consumers who used their phones in the grocery store ended up with fuller shopping carts.

Mass extinction 66 million years ago paved the way for modern shark communities

August 23, 2018 in Natural Sciences
The famous mass extinction of dinosaurs also impacted oceanic animals and in particular, sharks. A new study reveals how the balance of modern shark biodiversity can be traced back to this very event.

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.

Swedish youth prescribed more anxiety medications

August 13, 2018 in Health
Use of medications for anxiety, insomnia and epilepsy has increased significantly in Sweden among children and adolescents, a new study shows.

Loss of marine habitats is threatening the global fishing industry – new research

August 26, 2018 in Environment
New study reveals the first quantitative global evidence for the significant roles that seagrasses play in supporting fishery productivity.

Why you can't have free trade and save the planet

September 1, 2018 in Society & Culture
OPINION: For centuries world trade has increased not only environmental degradation, but also global inequality. The expanding ecological footprints of affluent people are unjust as well as unsustainable.

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Loneliness and insecurity dog youngsters as they age out of child welfare services

February 20, 2019 in Society & Culture
Norwegian law stipulates that young people who have grown up in the care of child welfare services are entitled to aftercare until they are 23 years old. But only very few get help after they turn nineteen.
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