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Articles by Bjørnar Kjensli

All giant squids are close kin

March 23, 2013 in Natural Sciences

The mystical leviathans living deep in oceans worldwide are all one species.
Creating sterile farmed fish

June 23, 2012 in Agriculture & Fisheries

Fish spend a great deal of energy in sexual maturation and the aquaculture industry would like to avoid that by raising sterile fish. This would also prevent runaway farmed fish from mixing their genes with wild cousins. Norwegian researchers are on the case.
Cheap hamburger could be choice steaks

June 18, 2012 in Agriculture & Fisheries

Little Norwegian beef ends up being served as steaks. With new feeding and butchering techniques the country’s cattle could provide more whole cuts and less minced or ground beef.
The chemistry of cake baking

March 24, 2012 in Health

Most cakes contain eggs, milk, flour and sugar. Now there’s a way to make them without one or more of these ingredients.
Lemmings’ loss is bounty for moss

March 23, 2012 in Natural Sciences

After a prolific lemming year their corpses can be found strewn around the mountains and woods. This is good news for mosses that have specialised in getting nutrients from these dead rodents.
Bright spots in the environmental gloom

January 22, 2012 in Environment

The climate crisis can seem insolvable, but since the 1970s we have actually solved some of our major environmental challenges.
Environmental brutes of the past

January 15, 2012 in Environment

Have humans ever lived in harmony with nature? Or are we inherently environmental brutes who mindlessly cut down huge forests – and discharge environmental toxins into the soil, the waters and the atmosphere?
Practical math in primary schools

December 5, 2011 in Natural Sciences

Experts disagree about the need for using practical activities to teach mathematics in Norwegian primary schools.
Viking research sails eastward

November 21, 2011 in Society & Culture

The Vikings’ relationship to Eastern Europe has been overlooked, but a new era in Viking research is underway, according to Norwegian Archaeologist.
The Christians beneath the cathedral

November 12, 2011 in Society & Culture

The Norwegian city Stavanger’s known history commences with the building of its cathedral nearly 900 years ago. Recent analyses of skeletons indicate that several generations of Christians lived there prior to that.

Bjørnar Kjensli

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

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Surrogacy changes perception of family

May 18, 2013 in Health

Childless Norwegians have travelled abroad for surrogacy, as the service is illegal at home. Their actions and willingness to speak out about them have started to transform the idea of what a family is and should be.