Norway and the “IG Nobel” Prizes
Forget the Nobel Prizes; the funnier IG Nobel Prizes were announced on September 21. Towards the end of every year, the IG Nobel awards garner…
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Should gravesites be disturbed for the purpose of studying them?
Whether gravesites – and human remains in general – should be disturbed (even for research purposes), and how they should be handled, are questions increasingly…
The quest to revive extinct Aurochs to restore ancient lands
The author of this article is Mihnea Tanasescu, Research Fellow, Environmental Political Theory, at Vrije Universiteit Brussel. Rewilding and restoration of land often rely on…
2021 Nobel Prize in Chemistry awarded to two scientists for work on molecule construction
Benjamin List from Germany and David MacMillan from the USA have received this year’s Nobel Prize in Chemistry. The researchers are honored “for the development…
Three scientists awarded Nobel Prize in Physics for climate-related research
Scientists Syukuro Manabe, Klaus Hasselmann, and Giorgio Parisi have received this year’s Nobel Prize in Physics. The three researchers have been jointly honored for research…
American researchers David Julius and Ardem Patapoutian receive the Nobel Prize in Medicine
American researchers David Julius and Ardem Patapoutian have received this year’s Nobel Prize in Medicine. The scientists have been awarded for the discovery of receptors…
Do the northern lights make sounds that you can hear?
The author of this article is Fiona Amery, PhD Candidate in History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Cambridge. It’s a question that…
PHOTO: Scientists finally solve mystery of giant floating blobs found off the Norwegian coast
In 2019, divers discovered what appeared to be giant hovering blobs floating in the shallow waters off the coast of western Norway. Now, scientists have…
The Academy of Science and Letters
The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters Have you ever heard about the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters? In this article, I want to…
Norwegian Business School offers grants
The Norwegian Business School offers scholarships The Norwegian Business School (BI) is one of the private universities of Norway. Norwegian private universities usually have tuition…
Desire for more science municipalities
In the science municipality of Skedsmo scientists have moved into the staff room, and all first-graders learn math through computer games. By March 1, several…
