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A Night of Discovery: Highlights from the Night Walk at the Bergen Aquarium. (26.02.2024)

Researchers from the Michael Sars Centre engaged visitors with interactive exhibits and offered insights into marine life fostering scientific curiosity and education among guests of all ages.

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A Call for New Perspectives on Cognitive Evolution (26.02.2024)

A recent study at SapienCE calls for a more nuanced approach to understanding the evolution of human cognition, arguing that research on the mental abilities of humans – in the present and the past – needs to incorporate cultural and cognitive diversity more explicitly.

Ten years of Russia’s war against Ukraine (15.02.2024)

How has the Ukrainian civil society been coping with the war and how can Russia and Russian leadership be prosecuted for their crimes? These are only some of the questions that will be discussed at this conference.

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Remembering the SDG Conference Bergen 2024 (12.02.2024)

The 2024 conference consisted of both a digital day with talks and debates in English, where around 1300 people participated, and a physical conference day in Norwegian.

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Wolfgang Hottner receives Young Researcher’s Prize 2023 (08.02.2024)

Wolfgang Hottner’s work on the role of inorganic materiality around 1800 poses new challenges for the research on the literature and aesthetics of the period. Now Hottner is awarded the Young Researchers Prize 2023 for his exceptional work and achievements.

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Muscle strength can influence sexual function in aging men (06.02.2024)

New research indicates that muscle strength may play a more significant role in adult men's sexual lives than previously known. The researchers behind the study aim to break the taboos concering sexual dysfunction among men.

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Sustainability in focus: Should researchers be activists? (01.02.2024)

«We are well aware that a significant change is necessary. We have the knowledge that is needed. Now we must figure out what to do,» professor Håvard Haarstad at UiB says. The seventh SDG Conference in Bergen will be held from 7.-9. February. We ask: What should be the role of universities?