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What type of project leader are you?

June 17, 2018 in Society & Culture

Everyone has their own way of organising a project. Read about the four types of leadership, and why a diversity of types is good for any organisation.

A virtual time machine for the Port of Oslo of the 1700s

June 13, 2018 in Society & Culture

If you have a 3D printer, this website even lets you print out small buildings from 18th century Oslo.

Archaeologists uncover remains of a horrifying Iron Age battle in Denmark

June 12, 2018 in Society & Culture

Thirteen-year-olds fought side by side with adult men and the dead were left where they fell, ripped to pieces by hungry animals.

No evidence that Danish bog bodies were gay

June 7, 2018 in Society & Culture

And it’s unlikely that they were mutilated and tortured before their death.

Finnish method helps Norwegian first-graders who struggle with maths

June 4, 2018 in Society & Culture

Problems with maths plague nearly 20 per cent of all school children. Offering children extra help right from the start can make a huge difference, according to Norwegian and Finnish research.

Scientists map the earliest Icelandic genome

June 1, 2018 in Society & Culture

Scientists have mapped genetic material from the first generations of Icelanders, whose DNA appears to be more closely matched to present day Norwegians than their Icelandic descendants.

Children with weak language skills less likely to play with other children

May 31, 2018 in Society & Culture

When toddlers have poor language skills, they can also have social problems, according to new research.

Once lost archaeology revealed by satellite images and aerial photography

May 30, 2018 in Society & Culture

Using a high tech approach, archaeologists have turned back time and reconstructed a hidden urban landscape in Jerash, Jordan.

Selfies: Why We Love (and Hate) Them

May 28, 2018 in Society & Culture

NEW BOOK: Don’t be a selfie-hater. For some people they open up a new world of representation.

Evidence uncovered of a 1500-year-old massacre in Sweden

May 25, 2018 in Society & Culture

The remains, discovered by researchers, appear to have been left in the same places where they had been slaughtered.

Coma patients might feel pleasure and pain like the rest of us

May 24, 2018 in Society & Culture

Emerging evidence suggests the unconscious can experience many of the things that conscious people do. What does this mean for medical ethics and even how we perceive ourselves as humans?

The researcher who became a stand-up comic

May 22, 2018 in Society & Culture

Marianna Keisalo defied her own nerves to become a stand-up comic in Denmark and Finland. “It’s given me an entirely new perspective on humour.”

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Lifestyle affects cancer risk, but the biggest risk is getting old

December 10, 2018 in Health

Old age is not for the weak of heart: Nine out of ten cases of cancer occur after we reach the age of 50, new numbers from the Norwegian Cancer Registry show.

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