Sciencenorway - Science News from Norway

5 reasons why football has become the biggest sport in the world

USA at 250: For the first time, the word ‘happiness’ appeared in a legal text

Tired? Here’s how you can get your energy back

“It's actually quite a significant cognitive load to deal with everything that's happening on your phone,” says psychologist.

Is it dangerous to have treated timber in your vegetable garden?

Experts explain: Here’s what Crown Princess Mette-Marit will have to go through after her lung transplant

Why forgetting actually can be important

A brain researcher says most people would choose this shortcut

Excavation underway: Believed to be an important Viking clue

The remains of a large possible Viking settlement in Ireland are set to be investigated.

Can your heart become sore like your arms and legs after a workout?

Where the carrot myth comes from

Norwegian Americans make their own bunads, inspired by their new and old country

Can moisturisers with SPF replace sunscreens? This is what experts think

Several people have died – but how dangerous is hantavirus really?

This may be worse than drunk driving

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

Did the legendary Viking king Harald Fairhair really exist? Historians aren't so sure

More countries to get new submarines: “They carry a lot of explosive power”

Do you think your memory has gotten worse? That may not actually be true

Spring arrived earlier than ever before: "In Svalbard, it's so bad that we can't do our job"

Where does the sound during an earthquake come from?

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

Why penguin chicks are drowning
– and how it's pushing the largest penguin species toward extinction

They stuck needles into the eye without anaesthesia: The brutal history of cataract surgery

Why do we think our voice sounds so strange in recordings?

"The cow radiated a form of happiness I have never seen before"

How can you maintain healthy skin and avoid wrinkles? Here are dermatologists’ key tips

Moose are capable of swimming several kilometers in the open sea. But why would they take such risks?

The secret to positive emotions? Other people. And researchers fear we're drifting apart

Nine out of ten are satisfied with gender-affirming treatment

Museum artefacts from the 1200s discovered in a container

A study tested the opposite of what is typically recommended for irritable bowel syndrome

What made books from Norway so appealing in Nazi Germany?

Why do your hands, arms, and legs fall asleep? A researcher explains

This insect will soon come to your home

How the USA and Iran became arch-enemies

Researchers have found many foetuses inside ichthyosaur bodies. They have now studied them

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

Almost no ME/CFS patients return to work

Unexpected discovery in Viking grave: stone resembling female genitalia

Why don't we fall out of bed while we sleep?

Professor: "Norway has a pagan heritage to be proud of"

Is it a good idea to pee when you don't need to?

Researchers want to find out if viruses are behind diseases in the brain

These strange bubbles may help cure diseases

Should pregnant women avoid paracetamol? This is what the research says

New theory turns the layers beneath the seabed upside down

Sondre Bogen-Straume has autism. He believes schools need to change

Ichthyosaur foetuses from Svalbard shed light on how these animals evolved

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

Autism rise not just due to more diagnoses, researcher says

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

Norway’s very special rule for election to parliament

Schoolchildren born late in the year needed much more support

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"

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

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