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Glacial youth therapy for the Scandinavian landscape

The high elevation flat surfaces characteristic of the Norwegian landscape are in geologically terms young.

The jacket that talks to Facebook

Collision. Fire. Accidents. Chaos. In a rescue operation, it’s no use trying to communicate via a small mobile phone display. But a jacket - now you're talking!

Weekend mums meet prejudice

Embarrassing silence, bad looks and open confrontation – these are some of the reactions faced by Norwegian women who do not live with their children after a break-up.

Laughing away myths about old age

Researcher uses humor to bust myths about old age and the elderly.

Arctic species will survive less ice

Some of the species in the Arctic have adapted to minimal ice cover in summer. The scientists call their hypothesis the “Nemo hypothesis”.

The Viking landscape – an endangered habitat

The oldest cultural landscape in Norway consists of coastal heathlands that have been continuously managed by humans since before the Bronze Age. This is the landscape the Vikings saw when they sailed up and down the Norwegian coast.

Natural mating is out and insemination is in

Simpler insemination techniques for sheep and goats have enabled farmers to carry out artificial insemination on their animals themselves.

Picky young wrasse want shrimp

Ballan wrasse are picky eaters when young. As adults, they eat sea lice off the skin of salmon – which makes them valuable to fish farmers. But as juveniles, wrasse want to be served shrimp.

The Swedish, gender-equal man is a myth

The gender-equal man is the norm in the Nordic countries, but violence against women hasn’t disappeared. But the abusers fail to see their actions as violence.

Mice on ice

Never heard of glacier mice? Actually, they are small moss balls forming on glacier surfaces. New research shows that there is lots of life in these fluffy balls.
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