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Norwegian Scientist Gives Himself Brain Damage, Trying To Disprove 'Havana Syndrome'
A Norwegian scientist suffers brain damage after testing a device designed to investigate Havana Syndrome, prompting US and Norwegian government involvement.
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The Eye-Opening Science Of Close Encounters With Polar Bears
For the last four decades, experts from the Norwegian Polar Institute (NPI) have been keeping tabs on the health and movement of polar bears in the Svalbard archipelago, halfway between Norway and the North Pole.
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Baleen Whales’ Hearing Tested for the First Time, Scientists Discover New Capabilities
Juvenile minke whales were temporarily captured in a Norwegian study to investigate their hearing. Results published in Science showed that baleen whales detect ultrasonic frequencies, possibly aiding in predator evasion. This breakthrough, despite ethical debates, could influence ocean noise regulation. Critics raised concerns about stress and har...
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Scientists Track Arctic Fox That Walked 4,000 Km From Norway To Canada
Just 21 days after leaving the Norwegian island of Spitsbergen, an arctic fox had arrived in Greenland. And in less than three months, she made it to Canada. She averaged nearly 30 miles a day - some days, though, she walked almost 100.
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Fridtjof Nansen Birthday: Google Celebrates Explorer, Humanitarian With A Doodle
Google today celebrates the 156th birth anniversary of Fridtjof Nansen with a doodle, Norwegian polar explorer and the first High Commissioner for Refugees who came up with the "Nansen passports". Apart from being an explorer, Nansen was a scientist, diplomat and political activist.
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Norwegian Archipelago Sees 'Shocking' Temperatures Near Freezing Point
The Arctic archipelago of Svalbard has seen such extreme warmth this year that the average annual temperature could end up above freezing for the first time on record, scientists said Friday.
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Sun May Determine Lifespan at Birth: Study
Could the Sun be your lucky -- or unlucky -- star? In an unusual study published Wednesday, Norwegian scientists said people born during periods of solar calm may live longer, as much as five years on average, than those who enter the world when the Sun is feisty.
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Nobel Medicine Laureate Gets News Coming Off Plane
Norwegian neuroscientist Edvard Moser learned that he had won the Nobel Medicine Prize only when he stepped off a plane in Munich on Monday.
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3 Win Medicine Nobel for Discovering Brain GPS
U.S.-British scientist John O'Keefe and Norwegian married couple May-Britt Moser and Edvard Moser won the Nobel Prize in medicine on Monday for discovering the brain's positioning system.
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Norwegian Scientist Gives Himself Brain Damage, Trying To Disprove 'Havana Syndrome'
A Norwegian scientist suffers brain damage after testing a device designed to investigate Havana Syndrome, prompting US and Norwegian government involvement.
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The Eye-Opening Science Of Close Encounters With Polar Bears
For the last four decades, experts from the Norwegian Polar Institute (NPI) have been keeping tabs on the health and movement of polar bears in the Svalbard archipelago, halfway between Norway and the North Pole.
-
Baleen Whales’ Hearing Tested for the First Time, Scientists Discover New Capabilities
Juvenile minke whales were temporarily captured in a Norwegian study to investigate their hearing. Results published in Science showed that baleen whales detect ultrasonic frequencies, possibly aiding in predator evasion. This breakthrough, despite ethical debates, could influence ocean noise regulation. Critics raised concerns about stress and har...
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Scientists Track Arctic Fox That Walked 4,000 Km From Norway To Canada
Just 21 days after leaving the Norwegian island of Spitsbergen, an arctic fox had arrived in Greenland. And in less than three months, she made it to Canada. She averaged nearly 30 miles a day - some days, though, she walked almost 100.
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Fridtjof Nansen Birthday: Google Celebrates Explorer, Humanitarian With A Doodle
Google today celebrates the 156th birth anniversary of Fridtjof Nansen with a doodle, Norwegian polar explorer and the first High Commissioner for Refugees who came up with the "Nansen passports". Apart from being an explorer, Nansen was a scientist, diplomat and political activist.
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Norwegian Archipelago Sees 'Shocking' Temperatures Near Freezing Point
The Arctic archipelago of Svalbard has seen such extreme warmth this year that the average annual temperature could end up above freezing for the first time on record, scientists said Friday.
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Sun May Determine Lifespan at Birth: Study
Could the Sun be your lucky -- or unlucky -- star? In an unusual study published Wednesday, Norwegian scientists said people born during periods of solar calm may live longer, as much as five years on average, than those who enter the world when the Sun is feisty.
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Nobel Medicine Laureate Gets News Coming Off Plane
Norwegian neuroscientist Edvard Moser learned that he had won the Nobel Medicine Prize only when he stepped off a plane in Munich on Monday.
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3 Win Medicine Nobel for Discovering Brain GPS
U.S.-British scientist John O'Keefe and Norwegian married couple May-Britt Moser and Edvard Moser won the Nobel Prize in medicine on Monday for discovering the brain's positioning system.
