Scrolling has become a kind of acceptable break. But it's actually quite a significant cognitive load to deal with everything that's happening on your phone,” says psychologist Tomas Myklebust.

You pick up your phone, start scrolling, and suddenly half an hour has passed. Videos, pictures, and engaging statements flash across the screen. New guidelines for ...

Chances are, you would have chosen the shortcut shown in the photo above. “It only saves us about one calorie,” says brain researcher Marte Roa Syvertsen. But that is apparently enough. “Our brains ...

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 ...

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.

Artificial intelligence has amazed people with its ability to create detailed images of what you ask for in seconds. The images can be colourful, decorative, and nice to look at. People like images ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Modern fossil-fuel cars that run on petrol or diesel typically cover between 200,000 and 300,000 kilometres before they are scrapped. Your electric car may go much farther. Naturally, standard ...

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 ...