Vett og vitenskap

Cell researcher and author Katharina Vestre joins Gaute Einevoll for a Norwegian-language conversation about the cells that build the human body. They explore how diverse cells, from muscle fibres to red blood cells, cooperate while sharing a common organisation of membranes and organelles. The discussion considers how that internal machinery allows cells to survive, perform specialised functions and divide, drawing on Vestre’s book about cellular life.

Hosted by Gaute Einevoll

Christine Rehn Jensen discusses the consequences for a family when a parent adopts conspiracy beliefs, drawing on her own experience. Conversation in Norwegian.

Øystein Elgarøy and Anders Kvellestad discuss unresolved problems in physics, drawing on cosmology and particle physics. Conversation in Norwegian.

Stein P. Aasheim discusses mountaineering, remote cabin life and his experiences of living in mountain landscapes. Conversation in Norwegian.

Michael Riegler discusses current uses of AI and language models, possible future developments and the concerns accompanying their spread. Conversation in Norwegian.

Kalle Moene discusses changes in Norwegian income and wealth inequality and questions about their causes and consequences. Conversation in Norwegian.

Anja Røyne discusses nitrogen, fertilizer production and the environmental consequences of changing the nitrogen cycle. Conversation in Norwegian.

Dagfinn Nordbø discusses humour, satire and the craft of writing material that makes an audience laugh. Conversation in Norwegian.

Håkon Dahle discusses observations from the James Webb Space Telescope and what researchers have learned from them. Conversation in Norwegian.

Katrine Lekang discusses blood, its transport functions in the body and its cultural significance. Conversation in Norwegian.

Knut Martin Folkestad recounts decades of living with drug dependence and his experience of medication-assisted rehabilitation. Conversation in Norwegian.

Jo Røislien discusses research on communicating expert information and lessons from public communication during the pandemic. Conversation in Norwegian.

Alexander Sandtorv discusses the useful properties of plastics and the environmental problems created by persistent plastic waste. Conversation in Norwegian.

Øystein Elgarøy discusses what cosmology can say about conditions preceding the conventional Big Bang account. Conversation in Norwegian.

Ola Innset discusses money, taxation and the allocation of labour and resources between private and public activity. Conversation in Norwegian.

Gaute Einevoll presents a Norwegian audio fable inspired by petroleum policy, examining how individually rational decisions can lead to difficult collective outcomes.

Ida Gravensteen discusses forensic examinations and how specialists investigate causes and circumstances of death. Conversation in Norwegian.

Julie Sørlie Paus-Knudsen discusses learning and intelligence in bees and bumblebees alongside their ecological roles. Conversation in Norwegian.

Eirik Valseth discusses mathematical models of weather and storm surges and the computations used to make forecasts. Conversation in Norwegian.

Carl Henrik Knutsen discusses democratic institutions and how Norway might strengthen their resilience against authoritarian pressures. Conversation in Norwegian.