Sciencenorway - Science News from Norway

Christening gowns have not always been white

When a French gas balloon was swept away by the wind and ended up in Norway

What Norwegians learn about the birth of Norway may be wrong

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

Where the carrot myth comes from

This may be why a Viking coin hoard was buried in such an unlikely place

Is it okay to use sunscreen from last year or the year before?

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

Professor warns of what could happen to the economy if the Strait of Hormuz remains shut

A researcher let mice drink as much Coca-Cola as they wanted

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

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

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 young people are lured into organised crime: "Anyone might encounter it in their feed"

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"

How is ice able to
hold so much weight?

Forgotten images reveal a different story about Norway's oldest surviving stave church

Why are Norwegians so good at skiing?

How spies are recruited in Europe. "They appeal to the ego," says researcher

Epstein-friend scrutinised over secret archive: "The missing Oslo Accords documents will surface in Jerusalem"

The Vikings’ ancestors may have raided the North Sea coasts as early as the 3rd century

Wear patterns on figures from the Viking Age reveal how they were used

The pastor’s wife scandal that was hushed up

Many nail polishes contain dangerous chemicals. A new law has now been introduced

Take a look at what a rock carving hunter found

Professor: This is why Donald Trump gets away with so much

New study of Svalbard's polar bears: "Completely different from what we expected," says researcher

Greenlandic researcher: "We are too humble as a people to own Mother Earth"

Lifestyle: Why it's easier to follow trends than sound advice

"Trump probably thinks Greenland is bigger than it is"

This invention could be used in the fight against resistant bacteria

Immigrants to Norway have a lot in common with Norwegian emigrants to the USA

Optimism reduced inflammation. Here’s how to think more positively

Uprising in Iran: "I think this regime is nearing its end"

Jeanette became anxious and isolated. New research shows how the covid quarantine affected our mental health

35 per cent made new friends through this test

This ribbon worm has set a world record

"The US could take over Greenland in an afternoon if it wanted to"

Is Norwegian America dying out?

Top archaeological discoveries in Norway in 2025: Vikings, gold, and ice finds

"Someone must dare to do what was done with the smoking ban"

Earth has its own sunscreen – and it works

Ultra-processed foods: Have we forgotten the biggest problem?

Is it actually dangerous to give children multivitamins?

See the photos: Gigantic Norwegian fossil find concealed an ancient surprise

This is what happens to silver when we polish it

Does the stomach flu usually start at night?

Human bodies may be ageing faster than ever

Leadership in an era where people are expected to work longer: Shift the focus from 'I' to 'we,' says researcher

Norwegian was considered the language of the heart for Norwegian immigrants. Then something happened

Here you can gaze straight into the Eye of Africa – but what are you really looking at?

A researcher tried to go a day without using defence mechanisms. He lasted one hour

Fewer foreigners want to work in Norway

Last year, only one third as many labour immigrants arrived cameto Norway as a decade ago. 

Fluid flows from the Earth's interior near Norway's deepest hole

Norwegian archaeology find of the year: "So well preserved that they appear to have been made yesterday"

Norway has experienced a remarkable number of ice ages

New findings on weight-loss drugs and Alzheimer’s

How did the first words originate – possibly some 135,000 years ago?

Where do all the animal skeletons go?

Why are Norwegian-Americans so Christian?

It was easy to spot a Norwegian immigrant: "They are serious men and women in new, homemade clothes"

Over a span of 150 years, a billion Islamic silver coins may have flowed into the Viking world

Emerging from the ice: 1,500-year-old spearheads, wooden posts, and antlers

What should you cut your food on? Here's how wood, plastic, titanium, glass, and silicone compare

How to get a fish to bite

EU expert on Norway acting as guarantor for Ukraine loan: "Brilliant idea"

This happened when the Chinese had had enough

Became pregnant after 19 years with help from artificial intelligence

Researcher on climate change: "Less pessimistic than ten years ago"

Do you learn just as much from listening as from reading?

“They no longer knew their language, they spoke and dressed differently"

Thousands of chemicals in plastic: "Why do we continue with this outrageous use?"

Did the settlers in America know that the land they were given had been stolen?

Climate scepticism isn’t really about the climate, says researcher

Why does AI keep making things up?

Experts: The rise of the far right will change European politics

World War II: 63 Norwegian men were arrested for having sex with German men

Could volcanic rock beneath the seabed store CO₂ forever?

Researcher: "There's a growing rivalry in space right now"

Still publishing research articles at nearly 102 years old

Obesity has little to do with inactivity, according to researchers

It's not just beavers that live in beaver lodges

The size of this longhouse suggests powerful rulers existed in Norway long before the Viking Age

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