We bring you surprising stories of science, history and innovation from 63 Degrees North, the home of the Norwegian University of Science and Technology. Listen as we explore the mysteries of the polar night, the history of Viking raiders, and how geologists and engineers are working to save the planet, one carbon dioxide molecule at a time — and more. Take a journey to Europe's outer edge for fascinating tales and remarkable discoveries.<hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
63 Degrees North
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We bring you surprising stories of science, history and innovation from 63 Degrees North, the home of the Norwegian University of Science and Technology. Listen as we explore the mysteries of the polar night, the history of Viking raiders, and how geologists and engineers are working to save the planet, one carbon dioxide molecule at a time — and more. Take a journey to Europe's outer edge for fascinating tales and remarkable discoveries.<hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
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December 27, 2025
What babies can tell us – and why we need to listen
<p>If you've ever seen an infant lying on its back, you've surely seen them endlessly waving their arms and legs in seemingly haphazard ways. And crying? To the uneducated eye and ear, it does all seem a little... unplanned. But from their earliest moments, infants actually cry in a way that suggests they're already learning the patterns of their mother's language while in the womb! And when you see them waving their arms around? They're actually deliberately trying to figure out what this thing is on the end of their arm, and how can they get it to do what they want?</p><br><p>The way babies move not only tells us loads about healthy infant development, but about whether things might not be quite right, especially when it comes to problems such as cerebral palsy. </p><br><p>Today's guests help us decode the meanings of these movements, why they matter, and what parents in particular need to know to help stimulate their babies' development in the best possible way. </p><br><p>Our first guest, <a href="https://www.ntnu.edu/employees/audrey.meer" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Audrey van der Meer</a>, a professor of neuropsychology, is interested in how an infant makes sense of the world, and how we can encourage that learning to give our children the best start. Our second guest, <a href="https://www.ntnu.edu/employees/lars.adde" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Lars Adde,</a> has spent his entire career working with infants in neonatal intensive care units, and is pioneering new ways to speed the detection of cerebral palsy as early as possible.</p><br><p>You can read more about Audrey's work at <a href="https://www.ntnu.edu/psychology/nulab#/view/about" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">the NuLab here</a>, where you can also see a trailer for a Netflix series on babies in which Audrey is one of the experts for the episode called "Movement". You can also <a href="https://www.ntnu.edu/psychology/nulab#/view/publications" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">visit this page</a> to see some of the lab's seminal publications.</p><br><p>Lars's collaboration with AI researchers, called DeepInMotion, is featured <a href="https://www.ntnu.edu/inb/deepinmotion" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">here</a>. A three-minute video describing his research can <a href="https://youtu.be/avag7C4vKic?si=5NFitzSo83f3JTux" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">be found here</a>.The webpage for his startup, In-Motion Technologies, <a href="https://www.in-motion.no/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">can be found here</a>.</p><br><p>If you've listened to the very end of this episode, you'll hear that this is the last ever episode of 63 Degrees North! Thanks to all of you listeners, and stay tuned! You never know where I might pop up next. </p><br><p>Questions, comments? Contact me at nancy.bazilchuk@ntnu.no</p><p><br></p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
September 18, 2025
ENCORE: When the doctor is out
<p>ENCORE: This episode was first published in Oct. 2023. Sierra Leone used to be the most dangerous place in the world to give birth. Without enough doctors to do C-sections, women and babies were dying. But what if you didn't need a doctor?</p><p>This week, the story of two determined surgeons and a no-so radical idea that is saving lives in Sierra Leone — one emergency operation at a time.</p><p>You can read more about the non-profit organization the doctors created at <a href="https://capacare.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">capacare.org</a></p><p>Our guests on the show are <a href="https://www.ntnu.edu/employees/hakon.a.bolkan" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Håkon Bolkan</a>, <a href="https://www.ntnu.edu/employees/aalke.j.v.duinen" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Alex van Duinen </a>and <a href="https://capacare.org/10-years-of-capacare-the-first-students/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Emmanuel Tommy</a>. You can download the episode transcript <a href="https://tinyurl.com/ydz64uej" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">here</a>:</p><br><p>Here are some of the articles discussed in the show:</p><ul><li>Bolkan, HA et al. (2015) <a href="http://hdl.handle.net/11250/2459091" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Met and unmet need for surgery in Sierra Leone: a comprehensive retrospective countrywide survey from all healthcare facilities performing surgery in 2012.</a> Surgery</li><li>Brolin, K et al. (2016) <a href="http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0150080&type=printable" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Impact of the West Africa Ebola Outbreak on Obstetric Health Care in Sierra Leone.</a> PLOS ONE</li><li>Bolkan, HA et al.. (2017) <a href="http://hdl.handle.net/11250/2456649" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Safety, productivity and predicted contribution of a surgical task-sharing programme in Sierra Leone.</a> <a href="http://www.oup.co.uk/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">British Journal of Surgery</a></li><li>Treacy, Laura; Bolkan, Håkon Angell; Sagbakken, Mette. (2018) <a href="http://hdl.handle.net/11250/2557735" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Distance, accessibility and costs. Decision-making During Childbirth in Rural Sierra Leone: a Qualitative Study.</a> PLOS ONE</li><li>Drevin, Gustaf; Alvesson, Helle Mölsted; van Duinen, Aalke Johan; Bolkan, Håkon Angell; Koroma, Alimamy philip; von Schreeb, Johan. (2019) <a href="http://hdl.handle.net/11250/2619091" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">”For this one, let me take the risk”: why surgical staff continued to perform caesarean sections during the 2014–2016 Ebola epidemic in Sierra Leone.</a> BMJ Global Health</li><li>van Duinen, Aalke Johan; Kamara, Michael M.; Hagander, Lars; Ashley, Thomas; Koroma, Alimamy Philip; Leather, Andy J.M.. (2019) <a href="http://hdl.handle.net/11250/2639057" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Caesarean section performed by medical doctors and associate clinicians in Sierra Leone.</a> <a href="http://www.oup.co.uk/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">British Journal of Surgery</a></li><li>van Duinen, Aalke Johan; Westendorp, Josien; Kamara, Michael M; Forna, Fatu; Hagander, Lars; Rijken, Marcus J.. (2020) <a href="https://hdl.handle.net/11250/2673114" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Perinatal outcomes of cesarean deliveries in Sierra Leone: A prospective multicenter observational study.</a> <a href="https://www.wiley.com/en-no" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics</a></li></ul><p><br></p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
August 14, 2025
ENCORE: Running rats and healing hearts
<p><strong>ENCORE: This episode was first published in Sept. 2023</strong>.</p><p>In 1998, a young Norwegian exercise physiologist found that a technique he had used to help Olympic athletes could help heart patients too. But his idea made doctors sweat. One famous cardiologist told him that if he used his technique in human heart attack patients, he "would kill them."</p><p>Today's show looks at what happened when our researcher, Ulrik Wisløff, defied the experts — and built a career learning how high intensity interval training can help everyone from heart patients and ageing Baby Boomers, and possibly even Alzheimer's patients — but not in the way you might think!</p><p>Today's guests are <a href="https://www.ntnu.edu/employees/ulrik.wisloff" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Ulrik Wisløff,</a> <a href="https://www.ntnu.edu/employees/dorthe.stensvold" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Dorthe Stensvold</a> and<a href="https://www.ntnu.edu/employees/atefe.r.tari" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> Atefe Tari.</a></p><p>Here's a <a href="https://tinyurl.com/mrx99h9z" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">link to a rat on a treadmill</a> photo. And here's a link to <a href="https://tinyurl.com/2y6fhw9r" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">a transcript.</a></p><p>Here's a list of some of the research mentioned in the podcast:</p><ul><li>Wisløff U, et al. <a href="https://journals.physiology.org/doi/full/10.1152/ajpheart.2001.280.3.H1301" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Intensity-controlled treadmill running in rats: VO(2 max) and cardiac hypertrophy</a>. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol. 2001 Mar;280(3):H1301-10.</li><li>Wisløff U,et al. S<a href="https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.106.675041" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">uperior cardiovascular effect of aerobic interval training versus moderate continuous training in heart failure patients: a randomized study.</a> Circulation. 2007 Jun 19;115(24):3086-94. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.106.675041. Epub 2007 Jun 4.</li><li>Rognmo, Ø et al..<a href="https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.112.123117" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> Cardiovascular Risk of High- Versus Moderate-Intensity Aerobic Exercise in Coronary Heart Disease Patients<strong> </strong></a>Circulation. 2012;126:1436-1440. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.112.123117</li><li>Stensvold D, Viken H, Steinshamn S L, Dalen H, Støylen A, Loennechen J P et al.<a href="https://www.bmj.com/content/371/bmj.m3485.long" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> Effect of exercise training for five years on all cause mortality in older adults—the Generation 100 study: randomised controlled trial</a> BMJ 2020; 371 :m3485 </li><li>Tari AR, Nauman J, Zisko N, Skjellegrind HK, Bosnes I, Bergh S, Stensvold D, Selbæk G, Wisløff U.<a href="https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanpub/article/PIIS2468-2667(19)30183-5/fulltext" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> Temporal changes in cardiorespiratory fitness and risk of dementia incidence and mortality: a population-based prospective cohort study</a>. Lancet Public Health. 2019 Nov;4(11):e565-e574.</li><li>Tari AR, Berg HH, Videm V, Bråthen G, White LR, Røsbjørgen RN, Scheffler K, Dalen H, Holte E, Haberg AK, Selbaek G, Lydersen S, Duezel E, Bergh S, Logan-Halvorsrud KR, Sando SB, Wisløff U. <a href="https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/12/9/e056964.long" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Safety and efficacy of plasma transfusion from exercise-trained donors in patients with early Alzheimer's disease: protocol for the ExPlas study.</a> BMJ Open. 2022 Sep 6;12(9):e056964.</li></ul><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
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