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A sweet breakthrough in prostate cancer screening

A toddler was bitten by a tick in central Oslo

This is what happens to your body during a heatwave

How 10.000 Danes can help us tailor health care to each individual

The largest Danish study of its kind to date will help tailor treatment of obesity, diabetes and cardiovascular disease to the individual.

Is there someone behind the screen? Researchers are divided on AI consciousness

No researcher seriously believes that AI is conscious yet. But they are deeply divided on whether it could be.

Why do some memories stick while others fade?

Research reveals how emotions are the ‘glue’ of our memory. Learn how emotionally charged events affect brain cells and preserve significant moments.

"Trump's attacks affect the whole world"

School student discovered a new species in Norway

This sea spider can be found along Norwegian shores

Norway is Europe’s sixth most expensive country – here’s where it’s cheaper

Why do you get so hungry after swimming?

How does divorce affect adult children?

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Could these 7 burial mounds put Norway's Viking Age on the World Heritage List?

Leftovers from beer can be turned into cow feed, leather, milk, and heat

"I make beads like the Vikings did – just with modern tools"

Five-year-olds in school have a higher risk of ADHD

Researcher's advice for getting people back to work after long-term sick leave

How to save your plants from rain and drought

Peace Research Institute Oslo: Historically high level of conflict in the world

You can reuse potting soil for several years

Swimming with toxic sunscreen is not allowed here

Why do we sleep at night and stay awake during the day?

The metre is 150 years old: Here lies Norway's copy

Warmest spring ever recorded in Eastern Norway

Researchers say it's essential for children to learn how to climb into boats and swim in cold water

Ancient plant fossils reveal seeds and pollen from the age of dinosaurs

Archaeologists awarded for preserving ancient artefacts from melting ice

Do Norwegian customers not feel Tesla shame?

Report on salmon fishing in Norway: "It has never been worse"

What's best for the environment? ChatGPT or Google?

Expert's advice: What to do if your child swallows a magnet

0.2 millimetres could damage this Viking treasure

The new initiative to bring more international researchers to Norway is ready

How to grow vegetables on your balcony: "It's not too late to start now"

A Viking woman was buried here with her dog

Improving elderly care with the latest fall detection technology

Significant rise in ADHD and autism diagnoses in Norway

Kennedy promises to find the cause of autism by September. "Unrealistic," says Norwegian expert

Could electric cars be used to power our homes?

Could more than 2 million Palestinians really be forced out of Gaza?

"Don't turn your garden into a green desert"

New combination vaccine shows promising results as the US imposes stricter measures

Can we cool the planet by painting rooftops white?

"We've discovered a new way that chemicals in plastic can disrupt processes in our bodies"

The US national debt has now been downgraded by all agencies. What does that mean?

Should you be worried about tick bites while travelling in Europe?

Intense activity on the sun: "It seems like we’re either at the peak or just past it"

A land bridge through a lost ocean allowed elephants and apes to migrate between Africa and Asia

What is actually good for children's brains?

A mother’s heart: How pregnancy shapes women's heart health

Moose's own photos reveal what they're up to

A tsunami hit southwestern Norway 5,400 years ago

"Not a coincidence that so many far-right parties have female leaders"

Bacteria are eating away at concrete in underwater tunnels

Still publishing research articles at nearly 102 years old

Why are right-wing populists so opposed to climate policy?

Can we fix global warming by cooling the planet?

This is how old you are compared to everyone else

How conspiracies spread – and how we stop them

People were able to cross the open sea from Norway to Denmark 4,000 years ago

The serpent from the Oseberg Viking ship has been hidden in storage for nearly 100 years

What effect does a small or large placenta have on the baby?

Three dead from measles in the USA. The outbreak is spreading to new states

Shopping addiction: "We're buying more, but not getting happier"

This could knock out the power grid

This type of dictator is becoming more common

To the Oslo Chronic Fatigue Consortium: Enough is enough

Long Covid is neither psycho­logical nor physical

Was supposed to have a rejuvenating effect – could end in death

A Viking was once buried here in a boat grave. What happened to him and the boat?

Plants can remember stress they experienced as seeds

Could blood find its way back onto the dinner table?

The largest stave church of all time is probably not Norwegian

Researchers race to save data: "I'm utterly shocked"

A 100-day whirlwind from the White House

This is what students make from old snus boxes

What happens if the asteroid collides with the Moon?

Environmental activists will no longer throw soup at paintings

Ground-mounted solar panels can generate a lot of electricity, but how do they affect nature?

The crisis at American universities: Norway to recruit international researchers

Forgotten recipes: Roe waffles, brain sausage, and stuffed heart sacs

How much of the grade differences between boys and girls can be explained by differences in maturation?

Why do Hollywood stars wear outfits no one else wants to wear?

This happened when students did breathing exercises and learned about stress

Have we misunderstood Gen Z?

Quantum mechanics is 100 years old. Without it, we wouldn't have this technology

New climate report: Floods and heat in Europe and glacier melting at record speed in Scandinavia in 2024

Do we see the same colours?