This shark postpones having sex until it is over 100 years old

The essential nutrient that nobody has heard of

The media almost never write about age discrimination

A mystery solved: Who killed the Swedish king Charles XII?

Most people now live in a country where women have fewer than two children

Why is it so difficult to talk with your partner about sex, and how can you make it easier?

World’s oldest rune stone found in Norway, archaeologists believe

The find was kept secret by researchers for more than a year.

Negotiations over Ukraine at this moment will probably lead to more war in the long term, says law expert

Caesarean sections do not increase the risk of newborns acquiring hospital bacteria

New Norwegian land could emerge from the Atlantic Ocean

Many active volcanoes can be found on the seabed within Norway's maritime borders. Some are now only a few metres below sea level.

Some of the most exciting traces of Stone Age people in Europe can be found in the inner parts of the Oslofjord

Do older people get more distracted by the technology in new cars?

Child welfare caseworkers ignored violence against mothers

Now we know who the Vikings had children with

Norwegian discovery gives hope for blood cancer patients

40-tonne steel rigs will protect the Viking ships during the building of a new Viking Age museum in Oslo

Therapists detect few cases of intimate partner violence

This may be the reason why ultra-processed foods make us eat more

Tasting 16-day-old fish is just one of many tasks supertaster Kristin has done for researchers

Norwegians over the age of 60 have become significantly richer in the last 10 years

What happens when an economic bubble bursts?

More people with narcissistic personality disorder should get help

The last Ice Age excavated bedrock equivalent to 500 times Mount Everest

The obesity drugs are here: Major shift in treatment, say experts

Here’s what Norwegian archaeologists discovered in 2022

The remains of a 1,600-year-old house, a shipwreck at the bottom of a lake, and a Viking grave. These are among the top finds from Norway in the year gone by.

Long Covid: Here's what we know so far

Insurance is a foundation of modern society

Twin satellites launched to monitor ship traffic in the North

Should the baby sleep in its own bed or co-sleep with the parents – and why is this such a controversial issue?

A new app aims to help parents get their children to fall asleep on their own.

More and more children have shared residency after their parents break-up

Most read 2022: Ancestors without cavities, Viking swords in random backyards and glacial archaeological finds

Narcissists feel overly self-important but are also very fragile, says psychiatrist

Buying and selling credit is worth thousands of times as much as the ‘real’ economy

The culture of sleeping: Some slept in rose-painted beds, others barely had time to sleep

Norwegian parliamentary politicians laughed when they quoted from the Bible

The world's most modern Viking ship can parallel park

Here’s what you can do to have fewer nightmares

What did we drink in the morning before coffee?

Why are some people so picky when it comes to food?

World's oldest DNA: Scientists discover 2-million-year-old remains of plants and animals

The social gift system is suitable for psychopaths according to researcher

Consider this before accepting an expensive gift.

Viking grave discovered in the middle of Norway's capital Oslo

Norway gives limited permission to Russian research project

Does fertility decline after age 35?

Norway: 7 per cent more deaths than expected this year – due to Covid

Study finds that married people have the lowest risk of dementia

Is Russia a greater or lesser threat to Norway than before?

No gifts, no society: “It's strange how little people know about why we give each other gifts.”

Increased incidence of menstrual changes following the Pfizer Covid vaccine among young girls

For a long time people thought fossils were animals and dragons drowned in Noah’s flood. Then scientists discovered the Ice Age

Should sudden visual impairments be included in the test that detects strokes?

The typical person who loves buying Christmas gifts is an extroverted, self-confident Christian woman who's bad at planning

The average Norwegian employee costs 85,000 USD

How Eastern spices became part of Norwegian Christmas food

Jihadist terrorism is more deadly than far-right terrorism

Why are sperm cells so diverse when they all have the exact same job?

Women who have struggled to have children are more likely to get cardiovascular disease

Now we have documentation: Women earn less than men in the same job

The Princess from Kyiv was Norway's last Viking queen

Covid spreads more easily in dry indoor air. Does that mean we should buy humidifiers?

Will the geologists of the future see that something dramatic happened on Earth starting in 1950?

Same amount of long Covid symptoms following Omicron and Delta variants

Stroke symptoms in young women are different than in men

These days we indulge. But in the past, you had to wear ragged clothes and eat bad food in the run-up to Christmas

The plan was to renovate a laundry room. But then bones from a 12 000 year old polar bear showed up

Those who always complain about being cold are actually colder

4-day anxiety treatment receives research award

Sex for the first time: Norwegian teens are postponing their sexual debut

A fear of unclear boundaries and a lack of control in intimate encounters may contribute to young Norwegians postponing the onset of sexual intercourse.

What happened to the stem cell treatment that was supposed to cure everything?

In the early 2000s, people had huge expectations that stem cell research would bring us wonderful new treatments for a range of diseases. So what happened?

Did you know that you can lend money to the government?

Norway could make Europe less dependent on critical minerals from China

Researcher believes bitcoin may become as important as the internet

In the old days, people used rune staffs like this to count down to Christmas

How dangerous is it to give birth? There are big differences between European countries

Three guys with torches have found almost 600 new rock carvings in their spare time

A cold house can be harmful to your health

The elderly should keep at least one room in their house at 24 degrees or warmer, professor advises.

Researcher accused of running Putin’s errands when the war broke out: "I have never before experienced such difficult times”

What happens if we can’t buy critical metals from the Chinese?

The green shift makes us even more dependent on metals China has a near-monopoly on.

It is not dangerous to get pregnant right after a miscarriage

The WHO should change their recommendations, according to Norwegian researchers.

Here are 12 of the most exciting prehistoric animal discoveries

Palaeontologist Jørn Hurum takes us through the highlights of dinosaurs and other extinct animals over the past 20 years.

Boys who spend all their time gaming: A huge social experiment with unknown consequences

Ground rent: Norway’s new salmon tax turns economic textbook models into reality

Norwegian academics must be more vigilant against espionage, says intelligence expert

Ongoing negotiations on wildlife trade and why this matters now

Shipwreck discovered at the bottom of Norway’s largest lake – possibly 700 years old

This is how DNA analysis has been revolutionized over the last decade

Fewer and fewer girls play video games

More than 70 per cent of Ukrainian refugees struggled to find the right information, report shows

Meet Tora, 65 years old. She lived during the Middle Ages

What exactly are interest rates and where do they come from?

Why am I at my best when it doesn't matter?

In terms of evolution, it doesn't make sense. Why aren't we at our very best when we need it most?

Norwegian companies with English names make more money

Is it cruel to keep your cat indoors?

Ötzi-museum does not believe there are so many more ice mummies out there

The feeling of being worthless is the most important cause of depression, researchers say

People don't want plastic around their food. Here’s how researchers can solve this problem.

A ski from the Viking Age melted out of the ice in 2014. A few years later the second ski in the pair appeared

New research on 5300-year-old Ötzi suggests there could be more ice mummies out there

While Ötzi is unique, the conditions that preserved his body are not, say the researchers.

Even if you are middle-aged, you still have time to reduce the risk of colorectal cancer

This is why we forget names

Should Norway give away the billions of dollars made in profits from the war in Ukraine?

Wait out the stock market crisis if you can, one professor says

Animal populations saw average declines of 69 per cent, but what does that actually mean?

The figure from the new WWF report can easily be misinterpreted.

Women are happy with the results of reconstructive clitoral surgery, so why are doctors still sceptical?

Only Norway and Denmark avoided increased mortality during the pandemic

Suspected Russian spy in Norway does not agree to being interrogated

Do women really have a better vocabulary than men?

Undetected atrial fibrillation was the cause of many strokes. Nine out of ten had no symptoms

Man suspected of being a Russian spy in Norway participated in training to find weaknesses in the handling of hybrid threats

One of the scenarios discussed during a conference he participated in was sabotage of gas pipes.

One Viking’s lost silver treasure discovered by metal detector enthusiast