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Articles by Arnfinn Christensen

Happy hens get hot

May 12, 2012 in Natural Sciences

When a hen anticipates eating a juicy larva her temperature increases. Thermal imaging shows that happiness has a warming effect on chickens, just as it does with us.
Mapping marine life before oil drilling starts

May 2, 2012 in Natural Sciences

Foul-smelling bubbles rise from the floor of the Barents Sea. Living organisms in these depths are being studied before the oil and gas industry starts drilling operations.
Space eyes on ocean traffic

April 17, 2012 in Technology

Not spaceships, but ships monitored from space. Norwegian hardware on the International Space Station monitors traffic on the seven seas. A new Norwegian satellite is soon on its way to help police the oceans.
Skull on a stake reveals unknown rituals

April 10, 2012 in Society & Culture

A discovery in a peat marsh in Sweden reveals unknown rituals from the Stone Age. Poles with human heads on them had been planted in a pile of rocks in the peat, which was then a pond.
Police learn how to shoot in cyberspace

April 8, 2012 in Society & Culture

The firearms training simulator, with a bit of personality and experience, can help police recruits learn how to handle critical situations.
A Klondike cold rush

April 3, 2012 in Environment

They are tiny, they are tough, and they can survive winters in the Arctic Ocean. Now their genetic material is being fed to computers. The output is calculations that will enable you to wash your clothes in cold water.
Drawing heat from hell

March 27, 2012 in Technology

Water near glowing magma is so hot and under such high pressure that it has ten times the energy of normal geothermal sources. Can the Icelanders make use of this heat from the underworld?
The mysterious stone Madonna of the North

March 21, 2012 in Society & Culture

Saved from mould and darkness, she’s a source of mysteries – Norway’s one and only painted stone Madonna from the Middle Ages.
3D radar study of northern lights

March 19, 2012 in Technology

The atmosphere is electric high above us. Now scientists want to see the stream of particles that make up the Aurora Borealis – in 3D.
The gentle drone

March 8, 2012 in Technology

Not all un-manned aircraft are prowling military predators. Drones can also be deployed to chart ice fields and pollution, or locate people who’ve fallen overboard from ships.

Arnfinn Christensen

Arnfinn is a Norwegian science journalist. He writes for ScienceNordic and forskning.no - Norwegian online news magazine on science.

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New genetic research highlights influences on children’s development

May 17, 2012 in Natural Sciences

Two normally occurring variants in hitherto unknown genes influence the size of children’s heads. International research has set new standards for studies in genes’ importance for children’s development.