Sports & Health

World´s Biggest Baby Poop Study

By ThorNews on September 13, 2016 • ( 1 )

5000 stool samples: Pål Trosvik (L) and Eric de Muinck are going to make a mathematical model of how bacterial diversity changes in the intestines of infants. (Photo: Yngve Vogt/Apollon) Researchers at the University of Oslo will examine 5000 poop diapers in the world’s biggest bacterial examination of the baby stool. The aim is to examine how bacteria evolve inside the intestine the first year of life. – We have one of the largest baby poop collections in the world, says researcher Eric de Muinck to NRK. Babies… Read More ›

Norwegian Among the World’s Most Pioneering Science Women

By ThorNews on September 1, 2016 • ( 1 )

Awarded for pioneering science: May-Britt (second on the left) and Edvard I. Moser with their daughters at the Nobel Prize Awards in Stockholm in 2014. For the occasion, her spectacular dress made by Matthew Hubble, illustrates a glittering neuron pattern. (Photo: Alexander Mahmoud/Nobelprize.org) Since 1901,… Read More ›

The World’s First Minecraft Concert

By ThorNews on March 17, 2016 • ( 0 )

The world’s first virtual-live concert @ the Viking Ship. (Photo: Facsimile Heisholt Inc. / NRK) The opening concert at this year’s The Gathering is unique: World-renowned artists will perform live on stage, and simultaneously in the popular game Minecraft. This… Read More ›

The Norwegian Mountain Codes

By ThorNews on March 16, 2016 • ( 0 )

Mountain Code no. 1: Plan your trip and leave word of your route. (Photo: Sindre Thoresen Lønnes/ Norwegian Trekking Assiciation) Are you planning to wander in the Norwegian mountains this Easter, you should prepare well. Large areas are practically deserted,… Read More ›

Norwegian Student Project May Set World Record

By ThorNews on March 15, 2016 • ( 0 )

170 mph: The high-tech sledge made by Norwegian students Nima Shahinian and Anders Aannestad. (Photo: Espen Jensvold / Aftenposten) Nima Shahinian and Anders Aannestad had a childhood dream of making the world’s best sledge. With car manufacturer Toyota on the… Read More ›

Many Scandinavian Family Names in the NHL

By ThorNews on February 7, 2016 • ( 2 )

Nick Bjugstad playing for the Florida Phanters has got his name from Oppland, Norway. (Photo: NHL.com) Hockey is a traditional winter sport that has always been very popular in Sweden, and Swedes are “born with skates on their feet.” The sport is… Read More ›

Lemon Cake Expired in 1999 – How Does It Taste?

By ThorNews on December 3, 2015 • ( 0 )

As good as new? This lemon cake expired in 1999! (Photo: NRK) The last 16 years, this lemon cake has been lying in the cupboard in Berit and Harald’s kitchen. It looks just as good now as in 1999, but… Read More ›

Oslo City Bikes Start New Life in Cuba

By ThorNews on November 26, 2015 • ( 0 )

Oslo’s blue and white workhorses are now retired. (Photo: Anette Broteng Christiansen/ThorNews) On Monday, the Oslo city bike racks are emptied for the winter. In the spring, brand new bicycles arrive the Norwegian capital. Oslo’s blue and white workhorses are… Read More ›

Norwegian Women Are Waiting Longer Than Ever To Become Mothers

By ThorNews on November 24, 2015 • ( 0 )

(Photo: The Research Council of Norway) More and more women in Norway are waiting longer to start having children. The average age for Norwegian women having their first child has passed 30 years. In Oslo, 3.3 percent of the women… Read More ›

Will Teach Immigrants to Dress Properly

By ThorNews on October 22, 2015 • ( 1 )

Mehrdad Ganji is initiator of the project, and the poster has been translated into Urdu (as above), Somali, Turkish, Arabic and English. (Photo: Line Forsmo/NRK) During the Norwegian winter, temperatures may reach down to minus 20 degrees, and Norwegians have… Read More ›