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When Norway was in the Tropics

Norway wouldn’t have become a wealthy oil and gas exporter if the land in the north had not once been far to the south. View the video for a few million years of plate tectonic action.

Wild boars generate worries in Norway

A thousand years after they disappeared from Norwegian forests, wild boars now pose a threat to other wildlife and could potentially spread to much of the country.

Butterfly hangs on for dear life

A century of strong winds on a tiny island in the Baltic Sea has created butterflies that are especially adapted to keep from blowing away.

Genes are regulated by microRNA sponges

The discovery of an underlying level of gene regulation in the body’s cells presents new opportunities for treating serious diseases.

Meteors can aid weather forecasts

Tiny meteors burning as high as 90 kilometres above the Earth give scientists valuable new knowledge about the weather.

Remains of early supercontinent found

Scientists have found evidence of an ancient continent beneath Mauritius.

NASA spots smallest planet ever

NASA's Kepler space telescope has found the hitherto smallest of all known planets beyond our Solar System. It’s as small as our own Moon.

Underground detectives map secrets in stone

Scientists who map Norway from its very foundations can tell us where to find the next source of commercial artesian water or where tunnels are likely collapse.

Slipping past slime with sneaky biological medicine

Researchers need to find a way to plow through a mucous barrier to deliver biological medicines to the right place.

Mighty mussels in the battle against catastrophic oil spills

A new Norwegian discovery can sniff out oil leaks a thousand times better than industrial sensors.

Whale bones found in highway were not from mystery whale

The remnants of a whale found in Sweden in 2009 are 13,000 years old and experts initially thought they were from a legendary whale species. But a DNA analysis punctured that hope.

Storm clouds are full of live bacteria

Hailstones are brimming with microscopic life, but mostly from plants, new study reveals.