Science Norway
Could COVID morph into just another common cold?
Within a few years, COVID-19 may behave like other coronaviruses, which usually result in milder colds. The virus will probably ...
Infographic: ‘There is no clear evidence that differences between organic and conventionally grown foods have any bearing on health’
Yes, there are some differences between organically grown food and food produced using conventional methods, said Siv Kjølsrud Bøhn at ...
Horses originated in North America but went extinct there. New DNA trail shows how they survived and thrived in Europe
The first ancient horses lived in forests 55 million years ago, both in Europe and America. At that time they ...
Lifebrain project: Education has almost no effect on brain health and does not protect against dementia
If you find it difficult to remember things as you get older, it’s partly because your brain is shrinking gradually, ...
Obesity, epilepsy, fatty liver and sleep disorders genetically linked to ADHD in adults
Obesity, epilepsy, alcohol-related liver disease, fatty liver, sleep disorders and COPD. These are some of the many diseases that Swedish ...
Children who finish puberty earlier — usually girls — tend to do better in school
Girls do better than boys in almost all subjects at school. Many researchers are concerned about the growing differences in ...
Obesity gene? Suppressing this variant could be key to weight loss
More than five years ago, a group of researchers from Norway and several other countries found an important clue in ...
Are highly educated people more likely to get cancer? Or just more likely to get tested?
A person’s socioeconomic status plays a role in the type of cancer they might get, the Cancer Registry researchers found ...
New brain memory model could offer new pathways for Alzheimer’s research
[PhD candidate and physician Thanh Pierre] Doan is investigating the intricacies of the parts of the brain that keep track ...
‘It’s not impossible’: Study claims yoga breathing techniques could ‘cleanse the brain’
Our brains are washed by a constant flow of cerebrospinal fluid, which plays the important role of carrying away waste ...
