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Polar Low Japan
Expanding Japanese-Norwegian climate research (30.05.2016)
The NORPAN project gives Norwegian researchers and students the opportunity to visit Japanese and Norwegian institutions.
Workaholic
Workaholism tied to psychiatric disorders (24.05.2016)
A large national Norwegian study shows that workaholism frequently co-occurs with ADHD, OCD, anxiety, and depression.
Talking about climate (04.05.2016)
The film "Talking about climate" is produced by 1001 Films for the LINGCLIM project (English subtitles).
Istid
A new picture of the last ice age (17.03.2016)
A new reconstruction of this ice sheet shows the interaction between climate and glaciers - how the ice sheet grows and retreats.
Flatworm
The return of the flatworm (02.02.2016)
Where does the acoel flatworm belong in the tree of life? Biologists have discussed this question for the last 20 years. Now Andreas Hejnol and his colleagues at the Sars Centre believe they have found the answer. The results are published in Nature.
Breastfeeding
Every child everywhere benefits from breastfeeding (25.01.2016)
21st Century women – in rich and poor countries alike – do not receive the support they need to breastfeed.
Bergen Fire
The fire that changed Bergen (21.01.2016)
The fire of 1916 changed the appearance of the Bergen city centre. The University of Bergen Library and Bergen City Museum now present the major exhibition "From the Ashes - The Bergen Fire of 1916."
Why do we fart
Why do we fart? (21.01.2016)
Humans release approximately 73 litres of intestinal gas a year and according to Professor Trygve Hausken, there is no reason to hold back a fart.
Pregnant woman
ADHD can be linked to mothers with inflammatory diseases (08.01.2016)
Children of mothers with diseases like asthma or arthritis have up to eighty per cent higher risk of developing ADHD.
Håvard Haarstad, portrait
Moving to large cities is good for the environment (25.11.2015)
Living in the city benefits the environment, says geographer Håvard Haarstad. The Ten Minute City may be the future of urban living.
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UiB and the Paris Climate Conference (05.11.2015)
From the hard sciences to law, the humanities and social sciences – here is how researchers and students at the University of Bergen work to solve the climate challenges.
WHERE IT ALL BEGAN: Blombos Cave tells the story of mankind’s early ancestors. There are now plans for an archaeologically themed museum close to the site. Photo: TRACSYMBOLS
A museum to highlight Africa as the birthplace of mankind (04.11.2015)
The Blombos Cave in South Africa has given us vast knowledge about our early ancestors. Professor Christopher Henshilwood is working to set up a museum near the archaeological site, highlighting Africa as the birthplace of mankind.
Shoppers on a high street, used to accompany article about the Bergen Shopping Addiction Scale, developed by researchers from the University of Bergen.
Addicted to shopping? (23.09.2015)
A group of researchers at the Faculty of Psychology at the University of Bergen (UiB) have developed a new and unique method to measure shopping addiction: The Bergen Shopping Addiction Scale.
from the stage at the opening ceremony
Opening ceremony for the University hall (21.09.2015)
The opening of the University hall on September 2 was one of the great occasions in the history of the University of Bergen.
Richard II
How paintings influenced Shakespeare (24.08.2015)
Professor Stuart Sillars is offering a new way of looking at Shakespeare’s plays in his new book, Shakespeare and the Visual Imagination.
Wasp. Illustration
The secret to the success of insects (06.08.2015)
Insects are the most successful group of organisms in the history of life. A discovery of new genes suggests why.
Siri Gloppen
BSRS 2015: Sustainable development can be pursued with legal tools (17.06.2015)
A human rights based approach may make governments legally accountable for the political commitments made in the Sustainable Development Goals.
Kjersti Fløttum from University of Bergen and Endre Tvinnereim from Uni Research Rokkan are co-authors of an article published in Nature Climate Change on 1 June 2015.
What you think about when you hear the words climate change (02.06.2015)
Using a new method, researchers in Bergen discovered that so-called climate sceptics are more ambivalent about climate issues than previously assumed. Their results have now been published in Nature Climate Change.

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