US President Donald Trump says he wants to take Greenland for reasons related to American security. He claims that without Greenland, the US would be vunerable to threats from China and Russia. Is ...

"Make sure to fill up with regular food and don't be hungry. Cravings for something sweet can sometimes just mean you’re ...

In recent years, archaeologists who study Norway during the Bronze Age have discovered a great deal of new information. Some now have a completely different perspective on this period. Colleagues in ...

You may have heard that a wolf pack is led by an alpha pair. Given this designation, it’s easy to imagine that a pack consists of young adults and older animals in a strict ranking system. You can ...

Lively communities for trade emerged in the Middle Ages and populations grew dense. This created opportunities as well as problems. One of those worries was sanitation, specifically the treatment of ...

Swedes love salmon. And almost all the salmon they eat comes from Norway. But just as in Norway, farmed salmon has been hotly debated in the Swedish media in recent years. In 2019, the Swedish ...

On December 18, 1941, it was forbidden to use the Norwegian flag and its colours in a way that offended national sentiment. The ban was issued by Vidkun Quisling's fascist party, National Gathering.

At the end of the 19th century, people emptied the water out of an old quarry in Trøndelag in mid-Norway. Some thought that it might contain a large silver deposit. But the only thing they found were ...

Humans and animals have lived together throughout the ages. The relationship has been friendly, hostile and vital. At least from the human side. Today, humans largely rule over animals, either as our ...

Are we scoring lower on IQ tests because of the food we eat? Are schools and teachers the cause? Or maybe computers and mobile phones? Or is the trend due to something completely different? The ...

Did Pacific Islanders and Native Americans ever have contact? This has long been a major question for anthropologists. When Thor Heyerdahl boarded the Kon-Tiki balsa raft in 1947, he hoped to finally ...

Old age. Cancer. A rare disease of the nervous system. Whatever the reason, the fact remains: A life is about to run out. Sometime in the next few days or weeks, death will be a fact. It is during ...