Porcelain was a new thing in Norway. Before that, people had to settle for coarser, coloured ceramics, like faience and ...

Archaeologists have uncovered thousands of remarkably well-preserved leather items from the Middle Ages in Oslo.

Thomas Aarholt and Chloe, one and a half years old, live in the centre of Oslo, the capital of Norway. A few weeks ago, Chloe ...

"Trump's attacks affect the whole world," she tells Science Norway. Together with two colleagues from Harvard and Yale, she ...

Students at Stortangen School were participating in a work experience programme. For Thor, the choice was clear. He joined ...

This is what happens to your body during a heatwave Europe is experiencing heatwaves more frequently. What happens to the body when it gets that hot?

Researchers have identified several thousand species of sea spiders. Most of them live deep in the sea, at depths of over a ...

When you start to feel cold, the body activates a defence mechanism. "If we get cold in water, the muscles eventually begin ...

Bjørn Arne Rukke has perhaps one of the more unusual research portfolios at the Norwegian Institute of Public Health (NIPH): he has studied the prevalence of lice on Norwegian heads. Although parents ...

Was there a Viking Age in Norway — 2000 years before the Vikings? It may be that people from the North went to the Mediterranean with "Viking ships" as early as 3000 years ago.

What actually started the Little Ice Age? It all may have started with sea ice, and the changes may have happened all by themselves without the influence of volcanoes or the Sun, researchers behind a ...

Over 30 mysterious children's graves uncovered in Norway Archaeologists have discovered 40 circular stone formations during an excavation in southeastern Norway. All have cremated bone remains in the ...