"Ice cores are found in regions where snow and ice have accumulated over long periods. This could be glaciers in tall mountains, the Arctic, or Antarctic. It must be a place where the ice never melts, ...

There are lots of good podcasts about all kinds of topics within research. In some, researchers are interviewed. In others, the researchers themselves are the hosts. Here are some recommendations from ...

However, carbon dating showed that the building was constructed sometime in the 200s – over 1,000 years earlier than they had thought. The archaeologists doubted the dating, but further testing ...

Then, large parts of the island collapse into the sea. This creates a giant tidal wave. In La Palma, the tsunami destroys much of the Canary Islands and the city of New York on the other side of the ...

Norwegian health personnel don’t administer enough pain relief to the dying. New research shows that this is partly due to fears of being accused of euthanasia. Sciencenorway.no brings you science ...

Massive snowfall and unusually freezing temperatures in Norway – why is this happening now? Norway is experiencing extreme weather. A temperature of minus 43.5 degrees Celsius was recorded in ...

Critics are not merciful towards the theory that Denmark's national icon, the large Jelling stone, is not from the Viking Age. Sciencenorway.no brings you science news from Norway. This is the English ...

Around this time of year, 80 years ago, 36 healthy young men reported to the University of Minnesota’s Laboratory of Physiological Hygiene in the USA. They were selected from over 400 applicants for a ...

In 2024, a prominent brain cancer researcher at Harvard Medical School was accused of fraud. Khalid Shah is a professor and director of a research centre for stem cells and applied immunotherapy. The ...

Therese Foldvik holds up a small, faded book, bound in leather. Inside are fragile, yellowed, handwritten pages where secrets of the past have been recorded. This particular book is an ancient magic ...

Age is the primary risk factor for developing Alzheimer's. Perhaps it's not so surprising, then, that much of the research on this topic has compared the brains of older individuals who have developed ...

1. Norway's oldest animal? Around 10,000 years ago, the Ice Age in Norway came to an end. When the ice melted, the moose was one of the first mammals to arrive in the country, likely from Denmark or ...