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This is why global emissions
are falling slightly this year

The increase in CO₂ emissions has slowed, but there is still work
to be done before emissions reach their peak, researcher says.

Close up of the front and back of the coin.

Norwegian archaeology find of the year: "We were wading through silver coins"

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University of Bergen

Ancient proteins reveal new clues about how our ancestors lived

NTNU Norwegian University of Science and Technology

The negative effect of emotion in climate action

Fem barn spiller fotball på en gressbane i sollys.

Why are parents expected to work for free when their kids play sports?

In Norway, parents are expected to help out with their children’s extracurricular activities – a tradition many newcomers find unfamiliar.

What would happen if the Earth stops rotating?

Why do we dream?

En illustrasjon av Trondheim i middelalderen. Vi ser en rekke trehus med gress på taket tett i tett. I midten lager noen en båt, i front ser vi brygger og vann og noen båter. Til venstre, i midten bakerst og til høyre er det tre kirker.

How dirty and unhygienic were people in the Middle Ages?

Completely ordinary inflammations: "Could be an important piece in understanding Alzheimer's"

Snødekt brelandskap med et grønnlig smeltevannsbasseng og flytende isflak.

One of Norway's largest glaciers has split apart due to extensive melting

Kvinne i lys jakke står på en gressplen mellom trær i en park.

Is divorce hereditary?

Fine spider silk spread across a rough rock surface in Svalbard.

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Nightmare on the tundra: Svalbard’s eight-legged residents

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Antikk freske med en kledd skikkelse som holder en stav.

Why did Jesus use a magic wand?

Bilde av en hånd som holder en gammel pilspiss. I bakgrunnen skimtes en snøfonn og masse steiner.

The oldest ice is disappearing: The Stone Age is emerging from the melting ice

A ‘Roman’ army from Norway of a thousand men may have fought in Denmark 1,800 years ago

Researchers may have solved the mystery behind the Ice Age’s enigmatic female figurines

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Why are we so squeamish about eating hagfish?

University of Agder

New study: Children are more active when they attend after-school clubs

UiT The Arctic University of Norway

Researcher found giant viruses outside the entrance to her workplace

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May have found the world's oldest anchor in Norway: "An incredibly exciting find"

Sensational ship discovery:
"Unlike anything I had ever seen before"

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The Five Foolish Virgins tower over the narrowest point of this strait.
What is this monument from the Roman era?

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This vulnerable bird has given us some of the world's most luxurious products. Few now remain

Flere brune rotter på brostein ved et metallgjerde.

Researcher: This is the only way to get rid of rats

Ungt par som kysser i senga. De har på klær, hun ligger oppå han.

How many times a week should you have sex to get pregnant as quickly as possible?

Side-by-side close-up of a young woman’s eyes with contrasting skin texture and eye colour.

Ageing well takes time

Did the universe begin at a single point, or has it always been infinite?

Archaeologists have uncovered ancient stone circles at a Norwegian burial site

Why don't we drink pig's milk?

Close up of the front and back of the coin.

Sensational coin discovery: “We have found a national treasure”

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Institute of Marine Research

See video: Mothers decide when orcas should dive

NTNU Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Robots improved student motivation and helped them perform better

Norwegian Veterinary Institute

Why it's important to monitor bird flu on Svalbard

Johnsen iført hvit kjortel åpner et kjøleskap med medisinsk innhold i bokser.

New study: IBS does not improve with donor faeces

Toril Moe, 75, wearing glasses and a navy puffer jacket outdoors beside a modern building.

How quickly a 70-year-old can become as strong as a 50-year-old

Brown-orange insect with an elongated, segmented body on a white background.

You don’t want to bring these ants home from vacation

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Farmer Erik Røed gestures beside vegetable beds in a forested rural garden.

Erik has a preparedness garden: “Having a basement full of canned food is just a joke”

Rare 4,000-year-old gallery grave unearthed in Norway

Bilde av to detektorister og grunneieren til jordet de står på. I hånda holder en av dem en mynt.

Massive Viking Age hoard: Coin number 5,000 has now been dug up

Bull moose with broad antlers standing in a dense green forest in Norway.

Moose hunting: Here's how hunters can make better decisions

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Nofima The Norwegian Institute of Food, Fisheries and Aquaculture Research

If you get a little taste, will you like fermented vegetables?

University of Oslo

China’s recipe for growth: Market economy and communism

University of Agder

Why do children drop out of school? And how can older people become less lonely?

Nærbilde av en av hendene til jentene. Vi ser tydelige fingre, og spor etter rødt stoff rundt - det som en gang var røde ullvotter.

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

Did a King Haakon I actually exist?

King Haakon VIII in ceremonial uniform before an ornate gilded backdrop at the Storting.

Has Norway's new king been given the correct Romen numeral? Is he VIII or IIX? Or the 8th?

Illustration of pink, spiky immune cells on a pale background, with one larger cell at right.

The way we treat autoimmune diseases is rapidly changing

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Four coins make the Viking hoard in Norway truly unique. "Very exciting"

Why was the Oseberg Viking ship full of down?

What happened to the Vikings' slaves?

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

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NTNU Norwegian University of Science and Technology

What matters most when improving students' maths skills?

University of Agder

How you can help look after bats

Close-up of a bed bug crawling on grey textured fabric beside a zip fastener.

Experts offer their best advice for dealing with bed bugs

These strange, mysterious organisms lived in Norway 560 million years ago

What would King Haakon and King Harald have been called in the Viking Age? One historian offers a suggestion

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Store steinringer på en fjellknaus.

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

How do worms survive

the winter underground?

Papirer og en mørk lommebok av skinn ligger på en stol sammen med to gamle, brune kondomer.

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

En liten pistol i metall ligger over en trykt tekstside med gammelt papir.

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

Did life begin on micrometeorites?

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NTNU Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Pregnancy puts extra strain on the immune system in women with arthritis and lupus

University of Oslo

Researchers documented the nation's mourning for King Harald V

NTNU Norwegian University of Science and Technology

How do drones affect animals and birds?

Aerial view of a multi-level motorway interchange with bridges, ramps and waterways.

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

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

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

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UiT The Arctic University of Norway

Researchers have created a smart gel that could help prevent tooth loss

NTNU Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Conflict with fathers may affect whether teens receive help

Researchers challenge common dementia myths

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

Found jewellery and a unique coin: Three women were buried here during the Viking Age

Flyfoto av foldede fjellformasjoner og daler i Zagrosfjellene i Iran.

The massive oil reserves of the Persian Gulf can be traced back to these mountains

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

The Vikings also used crampons to avoid slipping on ice

Why penguin chicks are drowning

– and how it's pushing the largest penguin species toward extinction

Large, man-made belt of stones discovered underwater in Norway: "Very unusual"

Norway’s largest Viking Age coin hoard has been discovered: "Truly exceptional"

To sommerfugler med lange haler henger fra kokonger mot en svart bakgrunn

The long tails of some butterflies and moths aren’t just for show

– they’re ingenious

Researchers used to think the tails were so long to attract females. Now they have a new theory.

Found 46 animals from the Ice Age in a cave in Northern Norway: "Extremely rare"

The clearest picture yet of a Viking's hair and beard

Autism rise not just due to more diagnoses, researcher says

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University of Agder

Nobel Prize in Literature: "This bold and boundary-crossing style is a hallmark of her writing”

These employees enjoy their work, but worry about health and safety

Fear of missing out creates a self-reinforcing cycle of anxiety and engagement

“There’s no reason to get stressed if your child is in a class with many students”

Are we really running out of helium?

What's the best way to store eggs?

This increases the risk of dementia. "We see a clear connection"

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NTNU Norwegian University of Science and Technology

New study: Children who survive cancer often pay a price in adulthood

NTNU Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Young users ditch Google for AI, but we know little about the consequences

University of Oslo

Young people with wealthy parents have an increasingly large advantage in the housing market

The 1,200-year-old Oseberg ship to be moved to a new home

The Oseberg Viking ship has reached its final harbour

Is Long Covid

"all in the mind"?

How crisis empowers the authoritarian leader

Norway’s very special rule for election to parliament

How young people become extreme online

No one really knows
where the lion's mane
jellyfish comes from

Researchers have still not managed to find the tiny
polyps that produce these jellyfish.

Viking ships now begin their last journey

Norway's fragile national treasure, the Oseberg Ship, will be moved here on a ceiling-mounted track.

Surprising findings in the genes of people from the Caucasus Mountains

Researchers: Europe could have stopped Israel's warfare in Gaza

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This is how blind people can play video games

Schoolchildren born late in the year needed much more support

Toxic to humans
– spreading across Europe

Banned in the US for nearly a century: "We should all eat more of them"

"The more pressure, the less energy we have to resist patient demands"

Every time you eat a soft serve ice cream, you're eating something from the sea

Norway sits atop a strange and ancient part of the Earth's crust

How long does it take for a rock to become covered in moss?

Archaeologists' most exciting finds:

"A truly magical place"

Extreme phenomenon on Svalbard:
"Oh, something different happened here"

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NTNU Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Three personality traits are linked to a happy life

NTNU Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Why practicing how to respond to cyberattacks is more important than ever

War spreads antibiotic resistance. "At some point, we will lose control"

Beneath all the remains of dismembered cats, a beautiful latticework of twigs was revealed

The blanket that won an award from Queen Victoria and ended up on the Paris catwalk

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UiT The Arctic University of Norway

How doctors can detect more cases of breast cancer earlier

NTNU Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Flash flood in Nepal: Researchers are now investigating the role of climate change

University of Bergen

11 metres of mud reveal 8,000 years of flood history

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University of Agder

Battery manufacturer Morrow went bankrupt: "Businesses do not set up in a vacuum"

NTNU Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Nylon masks can threaten your digital security

Researchers introduce crowd forecasting at Pulpit Rock to help manage visitor numbers

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University of Bergen

Researchers found a surprising abundance of life high in the mountains

Nord University

Europe should keep a register of Chinese activity in the Arctic

NTNU Norwegian University of Science and Technology

AI helps doctors detect intestinal disease

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