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One in five men haven’t had children of their own by the age of 50. Fewer and fewer men are becoming fathers. What’s happening to Norwegian men? sciencenorway.no/children-an… #father #fatherhood #childless

Why are fewer men becoming fathers than before?

One in five men haven’t had children of their own by the age of 50. Fewer and fewer men are becoming fathers. What’s happening to Norwegian men?

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Stopping the spread of the # coronavirus in eight weeks? It could very nearly be done, according to a group of researchers sciencenorway.no/covid19-epi… #COVID19 #infectionprevention
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Cod-liver-oil against #COVID19? Preliminary data from a Norwegian study suggest so. The finding will now be tested in a large randomized clinical trial. sciencenorway.no/covid19-vit… #VitaminD #coronavirus

Preliminary data suggest that cod liver oil users have lower risk of getting COVID-19

But is it because cod liver oil protects against COVID-19, or do those who take a daily dose have other lifestyle factors that lower their risk of infection?

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26 Oct 2020
Do naturally thin people simply poop out more calories? geneticliteracyproject.org/?… @ScienceNordic
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The Norwegian welfare system has a zero-tolerance approach to violence. But therapists in the family counselling offices treat the violence based on who you are in relation to others and the society. bit.ly/32S5zIZ @Sciencenorwayno
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Norway in control of the corona epidemic, according to health minister. New numbers show that every person infected in Norway now infects 0,7 others. But this is not a time to ease up on the strict corona measures, warns the minister. sciencenorway.no/crisis-epid… #COVIDー19
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European Social Survey@ESS_Survey
6 Apr 2020
Our survey #data measuring social #trust was included in this @ScienceNordic article published last week. The #research used data collected in every round to plot average scores for Nordic countries. 🇩🇰 6.92 🇳🇴 6.69 🇫🇮 6.61 🇮🇸 6.26 🇸🇪 6.2 bit.ly/2XavgBB

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Ida Irene Bergstrøm@idaib
3 Feb 2020
Good leadership and emotional intelligence go hand in hand, writes @anniehaver sciencenorway.no/emotions-ma… @UniStavanger #Management #emotionalintelligence

Managers need to be good with emotions – or they risk damaging their employee’s health and ability...

OPINION: At worst, managers who lack emotional intelligence can be playing Russian roulette with their colleagues’ health.

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19 Feb 2020
Why are the Danes not as funny as they think they are? A Danish scientist from @CBScph offers an explanation bit.ly/2SZkBGa #science #humour @ScienceNordic
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Female football players in Saudi Arabia fear more restrictions if they become too confrontational. sciencenorway.no/football-ge…

Arabic women’s football: supported by the regime, but still breaking social norms

Norms and legislation strictly limit women's lives in Saudi Arabia and Qatar. Nevertheless, women find ways to realise themselves – like by playing football.

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Social care appears to be a blind spot in Norwegian elderly care. cutt.ly/ArDfzvz
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Far right groups in Norway instigate more street provocation than before, according to a study of seven groups in Norway. sciencenorway.no/political-s…

Far right groups in Norway instigate more street provocation than before

New groups are adopting more radical measures.

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Managers need to be good with emotions – or they risk damaging their employee’s health and ability to perform at work, writes associate professor of management Annie Haver sciencenorway.no/emotions-ma… #Management #emotionalintelligence

Managers need to be good with emotions – or they risk damaging their employee’s health and ability...

OPINION: At worst, managers who lack emotional intelligence can be playing Russian roulette with their colleagues’ health.

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22 Jan 2020
Only 20 per cent of Norwegian entrepreneurs who start limited companies are women, and they own only 4 per cent of new technology companies sciencenorway.no/equality-ge… @genderresearch @StartupLabNo @DNB_Bank #gender #startups @womenintech @HarvardBiz @feminstitute

Equality hasn’t reached entrepreneurs

Only 20 per cent of entrepreneurs who start limited companies are women, and they own only 4 per cent of new technology companies.

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Upon retiring, forensic psychiatrist Randi Rosenqvist talks to ScienceNorway.no about abnormalities in the brains of psychopaths, how it would be interesting to study successful #psychopaths, and why she doesn’t actually like the term psychopath. sciencenorway.no/genetics-la…

Sciencenorway - Science News from Norway

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Many Norwegian managers believe their older employees are tired. But they are wrong. Older employees feel much more energetic than their younger colleagues, according to new research. sciencenorway.no/aging-job-p…

Older workers feel less tired than their younger colleagues

Many Norwegian managers believe their older employees are tired. But they are wrong. Older employees feel much more energetic than their younger colleagues, according to new research.

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Pharmaceutical companies are behind much of the research on new drugs and have an influence on medical education and guidelines for treatments. It’s time for this to change, a group of international scientists says. sciencenorway.no/medical-pra… #BigPharma

Experts want to free medical research and healthcare from ties to the commercial pharmaceutical...

Pharmaceutical companies are behind much of the research on new drugs and have an influence on medical education and guidelines for treatments. It’s time for this to change, a group of international...

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20 Jan 2020
Younger people are, on average, more willing to make changes and to support climate policy compared to those aged 45 years and up. sciencenorway.no/climate-cli… @CICERO_klima #ClimateChange @BBCScienceNews

Most Norwegians think they have a responsibility to cut greenhouse gas emissions

But there is no consensus as to what should actually be done.

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15 Jan 2020
Why do metal detector enthusiasts find so many cheap coins, and so few valuable ones? If the finds by metal detector hobbyists are truly representative, then Norwegian history may need to be re-written sciencenorway.no/archeology-… @archaeology_aia @archaeologymag @CurrentArchaeo

Why do metal detector enthusiasts find so many cheap coins, and so few valuable ones?

If the finds by metal detector hobbyists are truly representative, then Norwegian history may need to be re-written.

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Professors interviewed by Norwegian print media are usually men. Especially if the person who interviews them is a male journalist. sciencenorway.no/gender-and-… #gender #media #professor #academia

Professors interviewed by Norwegian print media are usually men

Especially if the person who interviews them is a male journalist.

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