She has just completed a doctorate at the University of Oslo's Institute of Oral Biology – and her work involved more than simply giving mice large quantities of coke. Brox has also identified ...

Hantavirus is a group of viruses usually found in rodents. Typical risk situations in Norway include cleaning the cabin after the winter, or working in the woodshed. People usually contract the ...

Freedom-loving Norwegians fled to Iceland. There, they settled and created a form of democracy without a king. This account ...

The discovery points to a centre of power on Norway's west coast, according to a researcher. A hiker recently found a ...

"Norwegian beavers were to be captured and released in pairs across Europe to rebuild populations," says Jørgensen. The first ...

The story of Harald Fairhair is well known. The petty king who, in the 9th century, wanted to unite Norway into one kingdom ...

This doesn't have to mean that your memory is deteriorating. If you think your memory has gotten worse, it could just as well ...

Some people develop high blood pressure as they age. This means the blood presses harder against the blood vessels. Over time ...

The rumbling during an earthquake is caused by rocks cracking. It can release so much energy that stone melts.

"This is completely unprecedented," says May-Tove Smiseth. "It's absolutely incredible." Smiseth is an archaeologist responsible for metal detector finds in Innlandet County Municipality. When ...

“Perhaps there is reason to ask whether the Viking Age actually began as early as the 3rd century,” archaeologist Frans-Arne Stylegar tells Science Norway. Many hundreds of years before the Viking Age ...