Greater risk of dying from a hip fracture if you live in the city

Experts want to free medical research and healthcare from ties to the commercial pharmaceutical industry

Most Norwegians think they have a responsibility to cut greenhouse gas emissions

But there is no consensus as to what should actually be done.

Older workers feel less tired than their younger colleagues

Radiation treatment for prostate cancer increases risk of bladder cancer

Nevertheless, radiation patients have a much better chance of living longer, according to a new Norwegian study.

Is private finance a panacea for sustainable development?

We should spend more time studying successful psychopaths, says forensic psychiatrist Randi Rosenqvist

Like most people, Norwegian bureaucrats rarely read research

When Norwegian civil servants want research-based knowledge, they use Google or ask a colleague.

Shorter winters and much less snow in 30 years

What’s the best way for pregnant women to exercise?

Professors interviewed by Norwegian print media are usually men

Especially if the person who interviews them is a male journalist.

Bacteria lady: She’s terrified of bacteria – and their greatest champion

Environment vs Convenience; who wins in the supermarket?

Found as many as 200,000 coral reefs off Norway

Researchers are surprised by the number.

Important for children's health to maintain contact with dad after divorce

How Plan S could let pseudoscientific and predatory publishers take advantage of researchers

Why is it so important to take breaks when you train?

Managers believe they motivate employees more than they actually do

These are the stories you read the most in 2019

Cats, vikings and cancer are among the topics that captured your attention in the year gone by.

Travelling by bus, taxi and boat has become more expensive, while flying has become relatively cheaper

Here’s what it looks like 4000 meters below the Arctic ice

Folk musician Annbjørg Lien's phd on Hardanger fiddle folk tunes includes a new solo album

Can the video assistant referee system replace referees in football?

Why do metal detector enthusiasts find so many cheap coins, and so few valuable ones?

If the finds by metal detector hobbyists are truly representative, then Norwegian history may need to be re-written.

Why is the full story of the Viking Age and High Middle Ages emerging only now?

The long, harsh Fimbul winter is not a myth

Christmas gift trends:
Less jewellery, and ethical gifts not gaining ground

Gamblers played and lost less after gaming company contacted them

Politicians, government agencies and Norwegians in general lack knowledge about the country’s agreement with the EU

Larger selection of fruits and vegetables in stores boosted sales among the most unhealthy eaters

Researchers are worried:
Documents missing in one fifth of the cases handled by the Norwegian Child Welfare Services

What do crabs and fruit have in common?

Picking frost flowers in the Polar night

Nine per cent of Norwegians newly diagnosed with HIV have viruses with resistant mutations

Faecal transplantation helped many with IBS

Norwegians have substantial pension capital — so why should the retirement age be increased?

Is it dangerous to crack your neck?

Does research support the claim that youth have become less active?

Cold environments are hot spots for living organisms

The forgotten extermination of Norwegians in the Soviet Union

Researchers find evidence of anxiety and alcohol use in wastewater

We expected to find very little life inside the ice, but we were proven wrong.

Reading to your child? Digital books are as important as print books

Looking for gender differences in Norwegian prisons is a distraction

Neuroscientists cultivate mini-versions of human brains in the lab. Could they become conscious?

Anxiety is common among nursing home residents with dementia

The world is a scarier place for Norway

Slightly more poor people in Norway

Do the animals at the bottom of the ocean know it’s dark season?

How to make your own luxury caviar

Here's what happened when I served my friends chocolate with seaweed

Should it be legal to give at-home genetic tests to your children?

In the Arctic Ocean and on the shoulders of giants

Nasal spray research was not legal – producers have to remove all information about study

Family values in Europe: Georgia is on one extreme. Norway is on the other.

Hard disks full of data despite ice, darkness and freezing temperatures

She’s given birth to six calves before — but now she finally gets to be a mother

Meta-analysis: Healthy people don’t need to take aspirin to prevent heart disease

Both women and men are vulnerable in prison

Crushing the myth of “poor Norway”

Elderly people in nursing homes not so preoccupied by death

What’s the best way to recycle clothes?

Women sentenced to prison in Norway are treated favourably

Women who have given birth have younger brains

The strict EAT-diet is supposed to be good for the climate and good for our health. But how did researchers arrive at their recommendations?

Do lice prefer some people more than others?

Children who are not physically active have poor cardiac function

Big Brother is watching you - and makes you behave differently

These four types of cancer are more likely to be detected in highly educated people

As Norwegian Jews were being deported, the Quisling government discussed working hours during the Christmas holidays

Norwegians are the world’s home renovation champs

What IS this mooring business?

Heritage conservation and Climate Change

PhD candidate stumbled upon evidence disproving a 25-year-old belief about the brain

The mystery from pre-Viking days: Only the most powerful had these little pieces of gold

Suicide researcher is more optimistic than in a long time

How does the flu virus work, and why do we have to make new vaccines every year?

Can deep brain stimulation help with epilepsy?

Should children be allowed to choose teams in gym class?

Is it okay to feed your dog leftovers?

Gender issues are ridiculed and sabotaged in the military

Being overweight before age 40 increases cancer risk

Cannabis users have a fivefold risk of taking psychosis meds

Academics hide, play dumb, don't care or over-perform. Everything to oppose the system and administration.

A critical look at the EU's approach to peacekeeping

Bullying negatively impacts both the bully and the victim of bullying

Norway builds top athletes through not focusing on winning

Wasting water in Norway has consequences for the environment

New study flight-shames Bill Gates and Paris Hilton

Wolves won’t save the forest

If your father was overweight during puberty, your risk of developing asthma doubles

Students receiving follow-up support in upper secondary school less likely to quit

Your cat meows mostly for you

Electric shock treatment increases volume in large parts of the brain

Vikings wiped out Iceland’s walruses

Nurses can smell infections

You can combat long-tailed silverfish efficiently and safely, it turns out

Trout may be dining on lots of lemmings

Men’s sex lives much worse after surgery for prostate cancer

People who have trouble falling asleep have the most anxiety

Government finally grants money for new Viking ship museum in Oslo

Why are we more concerned about someone seeing us fall on our face than whether it hurt?

Religious minority youth between patriarchy and gender equality

Teens with mental health issues use more drugs, new study shows

Return of Scandinavian wolves means fewer moose

Feeding the future’s farmed salmon

Does Norway need a new legal definition of rape?

Crazed Viking warriors may have been high on henbane

What is the secret to the Ingebrigtsen brothers’ success?

Discrimination: Thirty-five per cent of Muslim immigrants say they did not get a job they were qualified for

Here’s what we know about people who stayed home on Election Day

Breathing can affect the cleansing of the brain

New Norwegian population registry simplifies genealogical research

Eating disorders can come back later in life

Fish welfare should be a criterion for obtaining new aquaculture concessions

Researchers under pressure: “We can't conduct secret research.”

Law and justice: Swearing an oath in the Middle Ages was powerful evidence

Some people are more prone to blood poisoning than others. Gry Hege was affected, and lost her hands and feet.

Norwegian universities tackle their carbon footprints from travel

Older Norwegians have almost doubled income in 20 years

Norwegian researcher brings unique insights into healthcare and schools in the Islamic State

Creating languages of the past for HBO’s "Beforeigners"

No more online voting in Norway

Stomach cancer in deep decline

Is being overtired an actual physical condition?

What use are biting horseflies?

Speed cameras save lives but are politically contentious

How annoying is it for sheep to wear a bell all summer long?

This is what we talk about when we talk about being drunk

People are more generous to each other at festivals

Health trends over the last 45 years: We’re getting fatter — but healthier

What happens to flowers and birds when we massacre mosquitoes with modern traps?

How scientists discovered salmon that need less food to grow

What’s the lasting effect of surgical knee repair?

Researcher recommends teachers talk to students about sexual abuse

What happens to Norwegian children of immigrants as adults?

Half of Norwegian red foxes eat rat poison

New medicine for multiple myeloma shows promising results

Few physical differences found between healthy individuals and those afflicted by chronic fatigue syndrome

Viking men were buried with cooking gear

Should Norwegians have to wait to 63 at the earliest to retire?

When a flood of immigrant workers becomes a trickle

The urban space is sexualised and misogynistic

Modern-day Vikings (and their neighbours) eat dinner at home

Alcohol’s role in the relationship between Sweden and Norway

Scientists have found 10 000-year-old Scandinavian genes in prehistoric gum

Cancer drug doesn’t work for chronic fatigue

The EU raises the standard of Norwegian gender equality policies

Why do Norway and Greece have radically different traffic mortality rates?

Why do schizophrenia patients die earlier than other people?

Men are stricter than women when it comes to sick leave

Therapy can help men stop domestic violence

Why boys get poor grades

People are less afraid of flying now than in the 1980s

Doping scandal covered very differently by Swedish and Norwegian media

Cyclists and long wait times at traffic lights discourage pedestrians

Water containing ozone disinfects hands as well as hand sanitizer

Tomatoes used to taste bad. Not anymore.

Drinking during pregnancy is probably not the cause of children’s behavioural problems

Bob Dylan’s poetry has its roots in the Bible

Striking settlement pattern differences among immigrants in Norway and Sweden

Exhaust gas is to blame: Ground-level ozone is damaging crops