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The Centre for Advanced Study (CAS) at the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters is an independent foundation in Oslo. Each year, CAS hosts three research groups working on projects within and across the fields of the humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences. Read more at CAS. The articles are financed by CAS and written by their communication staff - read more about partner articles at ScienceNorway.

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Electrons, laser pulses and the properties of matter

Dissecting the current debates on prehistoric migration

Politics, law and society in the High Middle Ages

Which parts of language are universal and present in signed and spoken languages, and which depend on the channel of communication?

Mother-to-child microbial transmission: important for human health and challenged by modern lifestyle

What is the role of morality, democracy and experts in policymaking?

Understanding mathematical motives

Books known only by title: A widespread and misunderstood phenomenon

The roots of universal history: Irrevocably imperialistic or a form of resistance to imperialism?

Tropical geometry – a two-way bridge between mathematical fields

Making sense of quantitative studies of the fossil record

New research on the hero Sigurðr Fáfnisbani in medieval Faroese ballads

Introducing the Young CAS Fellows for 2021-23

If a book from the Middle Ages exists only as a title, is it a actually a book?

The policies that affect us all: are they well-founded?

Why do Indigenous people have high risk of severe influenza?

Is the world becoming more peaceful?

Medical practices and culture: what works in Norway may not work in India. Or France for that matter.

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Female orgasm: an evolutionary emancipation of women’s sexuality?

What are the preconditions for evolution?

Do we really need grammatical gender?

Peacemaking in the Middle Ages

Dogs and humans' long-lasting relationship

Air pollution in China: Poor people likely to be worst off

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