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Tunes for the senile blues

April 17, 2013 in Health

Patients with Alzheimer’s or dementia become less depressed when they hear familiar music.
Road traffic pollution gives children asthma

April 13, 2013 in Health

But children in rural areas face other allergens that can trigger the disease.
Motivating those who are almost cyclists

March 18, 2013 in Society & Culture

A sociologist thinks health and climate arguments aren’t what is needed to get people on bikes.
When Norway was in the Tropics

March 7, 2013 in Natural Sciences

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.
Why did you become a linguist?

February 22, 2013 in Society & Culture

What draws people to study little known means of communication, such as Runes and Esperanto? Two linguists trace their intellectual journey to their research interests.
Frosty time machine coughs up arrowheads

February 20, 2013 in Society & Culture

When Stone Age hunters missed their targets they inadvertently turned snow patches into treasure chests.
Larger offspring when fish pick own mates

February 18, 2013 in Agriculture & Fisheries

It might not be so advantageous for us to help endangered animal species by selecting what we consider suitable mates for them.
Slipping past slime with sneaky biological medicine

February 14, 2013 in Natural Sciences

Researchers need to find a way to plow through a mucous barrier to deliver biological medicines to the right place.
A cold cure for sick fish

February 12, 2013 in Agriculture & Fisheries

When pipefish are sick, they swim towards cooler water to get better. But what will happen when global warming causes the world's seas to heat up?
Light is not a bright idea in teeth bleaching

February 8, 2013 in Health

Proof was given back in 2006 that the use of lights as an enhancer in the cosmetic bleaching of teeth was unnecessary and potentially harmful. But dentists are still using teeth-whitening lights.

Ida Korneliussen

Ida Korneliussen is a apprentice journalist who writes for ScienceNordic and forskning.no.

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Cannes nominations rarely lead to local success

May 19, 2013 in Society & Culture

A Danish movie is nominated in Cannes for the third year running. New research shows that a nomination at one of the major European film festivals significantly boosts ticket sales in overseas cinemas. Festival hits are, however, far from guaranteed to be successful in Denmark.