Andy Burnham won the by-election in Makerfield on Thursday 18 June. He is now in a position to become prime minister of the UK before the end of the year.

Clothes that cannot be used by the plant are broken down into fibres through a mechanical process. The fibres are sold to spinning mills to make yarn, which is then turned into new clothes. This ...

Typical Norwegian drinking habits can increase the risk of parents’ behaviour negatively impacting their children, a new ...

Genetics play a role in who is more likely to experience a relationship breakup and who has the greatest chance of staying ...

Researchers have long known that heavy metals and organic pollutants such as DDT accumulate in the Arctic. This is especially true for predators at the top of the food chain, such as polar bears. But ...

When archaeologists began excavating near the ruins of the royal estate in Oslo’s Old Town in 2023, they were not prepared for any major surprises. The area was already well known from previous ...

A number of autonomous ferries will be deployed on Norwegian routes. The first ones arrive as early as this autumn. They are intended to operate with as little human intervention as possible. At the ...

Type 2 diabetes is often triggered by a sedentary lifestyle or poor diet. At the same time, some people have genes that make them much more likely to develop the disease. “More people with a high ...

How does climate change affect avalanche activity? The answer lies 541 metres above the Hardanger Fjord. Not far from the glacier Folgefonna lies a lake called Vatnasetvatnet. Along one shore, the ...

When war forces you from your home, you take only what you can carry. For millions of Ukrainians, that meant clothes, documents, maybe a mobile phone. But they also brought something less visible: ...

Vibrations in the ground exist everywhere. They occur when cars pass by, when machines are operating, or when the Earth’s crust moves. Instead of letting these small tremors disappear, researchers are ...

For several weeks, the particiants in this unique study pretended they were injued. First they avoided any weight bearing on one leg for two weeks. The goal was to trigger muscle loss, also called ...