Researchers believe that the first proper words most likely originated from imitation. “People would try to imitate the sound ...

"Crows, ravens, magpies, and eagles follow the scent, and so do foxes, badgers, and other creatures," he says. Small animals ...

Most Norwegians continued as before. They called themselves Lutherans, signalling both faith and heritage – a link to the ...

"Perhaps a billion silver dirhams flowed into Scandinavia and the Viking world between 800 and 950," says Gullbekk. That ...

We eat too much, and we move too little. For decades, these have been the main explanations for rising obesity rates in wealthy countries. An international group of researchers has now tested these ...

We have asked archaeologists to share their most exciting finds. Summer is peak season for archaeological excavations, and this is when many significant discoveries are made. Sometimes, years of ...

Artificial intelligence (AI) requires a lot of water to operate. The water is used to cool down the data centres where all the information is stored and transferred. When you ask AI a question, that ...

The boat grave from the Viking Age on Senja, an island in Northern Norway, was found just 20 centimetres beneath the surface. It could easily have been destroyed by ploughing. But two years ago, a ...

The consequences of extreme heat are a main topic in the new report European State of the Climate 2024. "We observed the longest heatwave in southeastern Europe and record glacier mass loss in ...

ME/CFS is a disease that affects individuals to varying degrees and has no known cause. The main symptom is long-term fatigue. The terms ME and CFS are usually used synonymously or interchangeably.

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 ...

How are children and adolescents really doing in Norway? Norwegian researchers have been exploring this question for many years. Since 2010, they have conducted the Ungdata survey, in which youth from ...