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Mouse studies offer hope for a vaccine that treats multiple allergies at once

Immunotherapy for MS: No difference between the cheap and the expensive variant

We don't know where any of Norway’s early kings were buried

Excited mice herald a new method for more effective cancer vaccines

Why did some ancient cultures drink urine?

The iconic mushroom is so toxic that drinking reindeer urine was the safer option.

What happens when snakes strike

One quick strike, and a drop of venom turns into a cocktail of chaos inside the body.

You can save CO₂ by changing when you take a shower

Why the magic mushroom anti-ageing claims are overblown

Why are antidepressants so stigmatised?

Neuroscience finds musicians feel pain differently from the rest of us

The struggle of parents who have children with school distress: "It becomes what our whole life is about"

Young employees and working from home: Can be just as good as being in the office, researcher says

Many managers want to cut remote work: Here's what researchers say

King Harald of Norway is dead: Why do we feel so sad when people we don’t know die?

Did life begin on micrometeorites? When researchers added fatty substances, something remarkable happened

Experts offer their best advice for dealing with bed bugs

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What is this glowing ring around the sun?

Sally Rooney, Kneecap, and the fine line between activism and support for terrorism in Denmark

Can a photon be split in two? The answer is pretty wild

You can now see the first 100 coins from the unique Viking hoard

Study: The brain cleans itself more slowly in people who are starting to become forgetful

The myth of Norway’s plastic leadership: Are we really global leaders in the fight against plastic pollution?

Researchers' three tips for helping kids thrive at school

If there was war in Norway for 110 years, how many people were killed in the battles?

Found 1,000-year-old graves in Norway: “15 skeletons is far more than we expected”

Linguist: “Maybe we'll be able to talk to whales within 20 years”

Historians disagree about how bloody the Norwegian civil wars were

Norwegian students' skills: "I'm concerned, but not surprised," says professor

The history of pick & mix is actually quite short – and it started in Scandinavia

Meat allergy is becoming more common. Ticks are being blamed

Archaeologists’ most exciting finds: The stone circles were not made for sacrifices to the gods. They were traces of children at play

Here lies one of the thickest sections of Earth’s crust

Archaeologists have opened a Viking Age ship burial. The most exciting discovery may lie beneath the ship

How did these Norwegian berries end up in Hull, Newcastle, and London 100 years ago?

Why do we hear so little about demons in Christianity today?

This simple rusk reveals two stories about Norwegian polar history

Jesus cast out demons, but we rarely hear about it today

Seven magnificant medieval stone crosses emerged from a waste heap

Is the new PRT method for chronic pain really a miracle cure?

Pain took over Einar Tørnquist's life, but then he learned something new about his brain

Two condoms from 1944 washed ashore from a shipwreck in northern Norway

Many Pakistani men want gender equality, but it’s the mother-in-law who decides

First he was killed by a bullet, then he was blown to pieces. The SS chief’s pistol survived

How to use olive oil correctly

Researchers explored underwater mountains in the Arctic that no one had ever filmed before

A previously unknown medieval royal estate suddenly appeared

When the Russians invaded Chornobyl, the wildlife cameras were still running

"It's actually kind of crazy that a person could have chewed on this 6,000 years ago – and now I'm holding it"

How healthy is celery, really?

How did the USA go from being a pioneer in road safety to having one of the world’s highest road traffic death rates?

In a box in the basement lay four girls who died in the 1300s, still wearing red mittens on their hands

Why don't humans have a mating season? Or do we?

Introduced fish into mountain lakes 7,000 years ago: "It was a form of simple fish farming"

Knut Paasche was incredibly excited when he found something truly special from the Middle Ages

A strange bioluminescent starfish lives at depths of nearly 1,000 metres in Norway's longest fjord

The hunter missed, and the arrow disappeared. When it resurfaced, no one knew what it was

How olive and rapeseed oils are made

Want to offer MDMA therapy to soldiers with PTSD so they can defend their country for longer

"There is strong evidence that lifestyle and health measures can help reduce the risk of dementia"

Researchers challenge common dementia myths

One in two women has experienced squirting orgasms: "Not very surprising," says researcher

The mystery of Rakni's Mound

Treatment for bone marrow cancer: "It's revolutionary"

Norway's oldest known ship burial predates the Viking Age

Thousands of women could avoid chemotherapy with this genetic test

Norway wants more older people to live safely at home. This is what it will take

Want to scroll less? Experts share their best advice

5 reasons why football has become the biggest sport in the world

USA at 250: For the first time, the word ‘happiness’ appeared in a legal text

The myth of reef-safe sunscreen: how chemicals hurt coral life

Tired? Here’s how you can get your energy back

What makes Ebola one of the world's deadliest viruses?

Is it dangerous to have treated timber in your vegetable garden?

Experts explain: Here’s what Crown Princess Mette-Marit will have to go through after her lung transplant

A brain researcher says most people would choose this shortcut

Electric car batteries last much longer than researchers and people thought. Why?

People in Norway hunted whales 5,000 years ago

Why it's important to forget

The battery that promises everything – and why researchers are sceptical

Excavation underway: Believed to be an important Viking clue

Peru has a 'dugnad' too, and it’s a tradition that has been changing for centuries

The unique Porcelain Wreck: What the chandelier recovered from the seabed may have looked like

Running up the hill – Climate change is forcing plants to move upwards

What people regret most when death approaches

Should the state pay for free weight loss drugs?

Why you should store olive oil in the fridge

Norwegian history is full of gaps and myths

Sensational shipwreck discovery off Norway: Intact Chinese porcelain and chandeliers at a depth of 600 metres

Christening gowns have not always been white

When a French gas balloon was swept away by the wind and ended up in Norway

Experiencing adversity throughout life could make you age prematurely

What Norwegians learn about the birth of Norway may be wrong

Figs and wasps: "Nature's coolest collaboration"