Children use less Snapchat, Instagram and TikTok

Every Viking owned a stone like this - and they traded massive quantities of them too

Should we have let more companies go bankrupt during the pandemic?

Developing a robotic georadar to make archaeological surveys easier

Discovery of plant toxins in 13 herbal tea products

The Norwegian Food Safety Authority recommends drinking less herbal tea.

Far-right violence and terror in Western Europe is dropping

New findings challenge reports in the media that far-right violence and terror are on the rise.

Large Norwegian study reveals celiac disease in many people who were unaware they had it

Why do we have wisdom teeth?

“Putin can lose all of Ukraine but present it as a victory”

More than half of women with type 1 diabetes experience sexual dysfunction

Increased use and stronger cannabis throws more people into psychoses

The number of psychoses triggered by cannabis has increased significantly in Norway, Sweden and Denmark.

Working-class men disagree the most with well-educated women

Do Putin’s religion and homophobia tactics rally support for him?

Vegetarians had lower risk of heart disease

There’s a tiny little continent wedged between the Eurasian and North American tectonic plates

Fewer Norwegians than before are members of a religious community

Why don't more people become angry and violent?

Record-hot summer in Svalbard

This year's summer in Svalbard is the hottest ever recorded. The previous record from 2020 only lasted two years.

New Norwegian study: Cod liver oil does not protect against Covid-19

They said lab-grown meat was the future. So how come it's still not on our dinner tables?

Almost all the students who received top grades in maths have parents with a high level of education

A volcanic catastrophe off the Norwegian coast likely explains dramatic global warming 55 million years ago

Radioactivity still found in Norwegian nature - 36 years after the Chernobyl disaster

How can you make money from a tiny crustacean?

One company has succeeded.

Cross stitch against German occupation: Is this Norway's first guerrilla embroidery?

Found a Viking sword in the backyard

Results from a Norwegian instrument on the Mars rover provide new hints about water

Those with the lowest incomes have also had the lowest wage growth in recent years

Necropsy report following Freya’s euthanasia: Was healthy and died instantly

A little duckling has injured its foot. Should you help, kill it or do nothing?

Biden calls Trumpism semi-fascism – he’s right, says Norwegian researcher

"The USA is by no means protected against fascism," says Norwegian researcher.

Long Covid: 46 per cent of Covid infected people in a Norwegian study report long-term effects

Have Norwegian youth become more tolerant of the use of political violence?

These glasses help you see and hear better

The last person who touched this three-bladed arrowhead was a Viking

This is what an ancient Mary and Jesus statue would have looked like 800 years ago

The Norwegian Consumer Council warns that Norwegian DNA is being sent to China

One in four children between the ages of 10 and 12 use painkillers weekly

Freya's skeleton will be stored at the Natural History Museum in Oslo

The Arctic is heating up much faster than expected

Temperatures in the Arctic have risen almost four times faster than on the rest of the planet, according to a new study. Svalbard is warming up even faster.

New test method for prostate cancer lowers the risk of infection – making antibiotics unnecessary

Norwegian fjords gave researchers the idea of how a desert landscape in Namibia came to be

The desert in southern Africa is actually a fjord landscape created by glaciers, researchers suggest.

Squirting orgasms give women a sense of both pride and shame

Seagulls have found safety in cities, but can this save them?

This is how great the risk of infection from ticks is

Visual impairments after a stroke can be revealed using a new method

Here's how you can propagate your squash plant

More than half of us may end up without descendants

A new study based on data from the 19th century gives insight into how few of us can expect to have grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

Sex becomes easier and better with lube

Research on lubricants shows that the vast majority of people are more satisfied with intercourse when they use a lubricant.

Record numbers of Norwegian sea eagles are exported to Europe

How to measure a whale’s hearing

Can't drink hot coffee? Then you have cat tongue

What time of day is the best time to exercise?

A Viking queen was buried with a bucket of these wild apples. Now researchers worry that their special genetic makeup will disappear

Most people who have tasted crab apples think they are inedible, but researchers still think they are important.

We spend billions on heating that leaks out of buildings

Ten per cent of the population in Norway may have chronic kidney disease

What should astronauts eat on long trips?

Women with young children lose interest in politics

Norway's largest ‘fjord’ is only a few hundred thousand years old

The coming-out stories are still important: “We need queer life stories”

Positive vaccine news following Norway's first omicron outbreak

More men committed suicide last year in Norway

Science fiction tells us we are destroying the world we live in. Can it also help us save it?

Randi – aged 15 – was the youngest to be sentenced to death in Norway

Can animal bones become food for humans?

People are deceived by Internet fraud daily. Police are often unable to help

Children's school results are more related to parents' income than before

Both animals and humans yawn. Why do we yawn and why is it contagious?

No decriminalisation of drugs in Norway yet: Being caught with a joint can still have major consequences

Walrus Freya creates chaos in Oslo. Researcher responds: “I don’t like what I see”

Many immigrants in Norway are overqualified for their jobs

We accept tax evasions more during times of crisis - for low-income earners

Are you a little older but can pass this balancing test? Then you have a good chance of living longer

New Viking Age jewellery find delivered to archaeological museum on a platter

Sharp increase in eating disorders in young girls during the pandemic

Prisoner of war Roar Antonsen smuggled letters and shoes out of Grini prison camp during World War II

Climate expert: Norwegians do not understand how dangerous these heat waves are

Can regret make you change your behaviour?

Is regret a completely useless feeling, or can we actually learn from the things we regret we have – or have not – done?

For a long time, women have lived much longer than men in Norway. Now men are catching up

Where does all the dust come from?

After the mass shooting in Oslo: “I started to feel like I had to hide my rainbow bracelet”

This gold ring once belonged to a powerful Viking chief. It was found in a pile of cheap jewellery auctioned off online

This hat marked the beginning of Norwegian national costumes - the bunads

Norwegians consume 25 per cent more than the average EU citizen - at some of the highest prices

Goods and services are 46 per cent more expensive in Norway than in the EU.

Russian threats to the maritime delimitation line in the Barents Sea should be taken seriously says researcher

Biological sex: What kind of variations exist in nature?

This is how you can prevent food allergies in your children

Most Norwegians are overweight or obese

Is the Natural History Museum digitizing its collections to save space?

Why you should definitely go to a festival this summer

“Festival tickets should be available as free prescriptions,” says Norwegian professor.

One of the most famous acts of sabotage during WWII happened in the basement of this building. Now it's open to the public

EU-study: One in four Norwegians do not believe that climate change is caused by humans

While eight in ten Italians believe that climate change is caused by humans, only six in ten Norwegians believe the same, according to a new study.

Passion fruit may slow down Alzheimer's

Passion fruit can reduce memory loss and slow down disease development in Alzheimer animal models, a new Norwegian study finds.

Monks had to remain silent whilst they ate, so they invented a sign language

How do we know if people are poor enough to receive financial assistance?

Children who are exclusively breastfed lack iodine

Three-month-old babies who are exclusively breastfed have too little iodine, a new study shows.

Roald Amundsen’s final journal entries were about his lover and money

The polar explorer was waiting for his lover. He was just going to write a little more polar history by saving crashed Italian polar explorers first.

No more delays for the new Museum of the Viking Age

COVID-19 triggered the most severe economic crisis ever in the Nordic countries – but also the shortest

Why did somebody build a ceramics factory on this remote island 2000 years ago?

Why do you see waves, colours and lights when you rub your eyes?

University rector says Viking ships may collapse in 5 or 50 years if new museum is delayed

The future is still uncertain for Norway’s Viking ships after budget agreement.

Who painted pictures like this on rock walls in Norway 5000-8000 years ago?

E-scooters steal passengers from public transport

“Public transport companies need a completely new strategy,” one researcher says.

Negative attitudes towards the elderly have a profound effect on society

Age has become the most widespread basis for discrimination in working life.

Researchers have started a petition to save the Norwegian Viking ships

“This is a desperate cry to the government,” says one of the archaeologists behind the petition.

This optical illusion makes people feel like they're falling into a black hole

80 per cent of participants in a study experienced this phenomenon. Researchers believe that the illusion is a useful misinterpretation.

E-cigarettes can be harmful to your health

New report: Budget cuts put 1200 year old Viking ships at risk of being destroyed

World's oldest tree still growing near the Norwegian-Swedish border

The nearly 10 000-year-old spruce tree is only five metres tall, but it began to grow just after the last ice age ended.

Herring roe will be used in medicine to treat psoriasis

Medieval excavation greatest hits: 800 years ago a fashion queen strolled the streets of Oslo in this elegant shoe