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# Discovery

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# device
Defence Forces team called to deal with hoax device in Finglas
The area around Wellmount Avenue was sealed off after the discovery of a suspicious device last night.
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Aug 1st 2012, 10:33 AM
# Polar Exploration
Frank Hurley’s Antarctica: images of early 20th century polar exploration
The Australian photographer travelled to Antarctica six times, including as part of the ill-fated Endurance expedition led by Shackleton.
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Jul 29th 2012, 7:45 AM
# lost a bet
VIDEO: Why Stephen Hawking was (slightly) unhappy about the Higgs boson
The theoretical physicist had a $100 bet with another scientist that the Higgs would never be found.
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Jul 5th 2012, 10:42 PM
# Discovery
US atom-smasher 'strongly' hints at finding Higgs boson
If it’s true it will be one of the most important scientific breakthroughs of the past one hundred years.
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Jul 2nd 2012, 10:05 PM
# Mars
NASA refines Mars landing – but brings it closer to dangerous landing zone
‘Curiosity’ is set to land on the red plant in early August.
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Jun 12th 2012, 2:30 PM
# warriors
In pictures: Terracotta warriors unearthed
Over 100 ancient figures have been found at a dig at the Qin Shihuang museum site in China.
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Jun 12th 2012, 7:30 AM
# New Ross
Man's body found in Wexford home
It is believed the man’s body may have lain in the house for some time. A post-mortem is being undertaken today to determine the cause of death.
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May 29th 2012, 8:51 AM
# Unearthed
Archaeologists unearth treasures at Bible's Armageddon site
The jewellery was discovered in a jug at the city the New Testament predicts will stage the final battle of Armageddon.
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May 25th 2012, 9:24 PM
# LOST COLONY
Clue to lost colony in ancient American map
Too little too late for 16th century explorer who returned to find his town had upped and moved.
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May 4th 2012, 8:15 PM
# Daily Fix
The Daily Fix: Tuesday
All the biggest news stories from the day, as well as the few bits and pieces you might not have seen.
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Apr 17th 2012, 8:02 PM
# Discovery
In pictures: Discovery missions from 1984 to 2011
As the retired shuttle prepares to make its last journey – by plane – to a museum in Washington, we look back over its 27-year career.
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Apr 17th 2012, 1:50 PM
# Flamethrower
Great Balls of Fire! Bear Grylls throws some heat at L.A Dodgers game
The outback adventurer took pointless pyromania to a whole new level at a Major League Baseball clash
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Apr 14th 2012, 2:28 PM
# Drugs
Skibbereen fire revealed cannabis plants worth €200,000
The fire broke out in a premises on Skibbereen’s Main St yesterday – and when it was put out, the plants were discovered.
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Mar 8th 2012, 8:20 AM
# Tipperary
Body found in apartment block in Clonmel
Gardaí say they are now treating the discovery of the body as suspicious and have opened an investigation.
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Jan 18th 2012, 10:35 AM
# Sligo
Death of man and two children in Sligo believed to be accidental
The bodies of a man and his two children were discovered just after 9.30pm last night.
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Dec 19th 2011, 4:05 PM
# Discovery
Gallery: 'One of a kind' medieval house discovered in Co Clare
Archaeologists believe the timber-framed home is the oldest – and only – surviving example in Ireland.
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Dec 6th 2011, 3:58 PM
# Body Found
Man's body pulled from the sea at the Cliffs of Moher
As part of an investigation into the death, gardaí also discovered a woman in her 50s who had been assaulted.
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Nov 10th 2011, 3:36 PM
# Discovery
Galway team pinpoints part of brain which produces "marijuana-like substances" to dull pain
They discovered that the hippocampus of the brain, which is usually associated with memory, helps to suppress pain during times of stress.
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Oct 11th 2011, 2:55 PM
# Body Found
Body found in ditch in Co Galway
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Oct 11th 2011, 11:39 AM
# jellyfish
Second deadly Portuguese Man o' War spotted off Cork coast
A Portuguese Man o’ War was spotted in Dingle yesterday – now another one has washed up in West Cork. People are being urged not to touch these poisonous sea creatures.
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Oct 10th 2011, 1:31 PM
# Nobel Prize
Quasicrystals discovery wins Nobel Prize for chemistry
Watch Israeli scientist Daniel Shechtman talk about the 1982 discovery he fought to have recognised and for which he has won a Nobel Prize.
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Oct 5th 2011, 12:16 PM
# experiments
Shocking US experiments on Guatemalans revealed
The experiments took place in the 1940s and included people being injected with syphilis and other illnesses, by what were described as “unethical” researchers.
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Aug 30th 2011, 12:14 PM
# Space
NUI Galway astronomers make pulsar discovery
The team’s discovery has paved the way for understanding how these rapidly spinning neutron stars work.
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Aug 30th 2011, 11:32 AM
# Baby Woolly
Baby woolly mammoth found in Russia's Arctic
Remember Lyuba – the 40,000 year-old woolly mammoth that was discovered four years ago? They may have just found her friend.
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Aug 19th 2011, 8:05 PM
# Discovery
Irish scientists discover new life beneath the sea
The discovery came during a 23-day mission out in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean.
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Aug 5th 2011, 12:04 PM
# Life on Mars
NASA discovers evidence of water on Mars
Is there life on Mars? Perhaps, say NASA, as evidence of water has been found.
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Aug 5th 2011, 9:28 AM
# Discovery
Vikings: not just long-haired men in horned hats
Archaeologists have discovered that a number of burials of what they thought were male Vikings were in fact female.
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Jul 22nd 2011, 12:06 PM
# Discovery
Rosie O'Donnell uncovers her Kildare roots
A trip back into her family’s past for a TV show revealed that the comedian’s great-great-grandfather and family lived in Naas workhouse during the Famine.
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Jul 12th 2011, 2:03 PM
# Discovery
New Michelangelo work found in...Oxford?
An art scholar has claimed to have identified an unknown Michelangelo painting at the University of Oxford.
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Jul 12th 2011, 12:38 PM
# Discovery
Diaries reveal depth of friendship between Queen Victoria and her Indian teacher
Queen Victoria and Abdul Karim, a Muslim Indian, developed an intense friendship in the years before her death, newly-discovered diaries reveal.
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Mar 15th 2011, 10:53 AM
# Daily Fix
The Daily Fix: Wednesday
In today’s Fix: Enda Kenny settles into Leinster House (photos) and announces his new cabinet; Gaddafi’s forces bomb Libyan oil city; and the Discovery shuttle touches down safely.
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Mar 9th 2011, 7:58 PM
# Discovery
NASA's Discovery lands safely after final space mission
The space agency’s most-travelled shuttle has landed in Florida after its crew carried out maintenance work on the International Space Station.
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Mar 9th 2011, 5:19 PM
# Shuttle
Space shuttle Discovery makes final voyage home
After more than three decades of service, NASA’s space shuttle Discovery is completing its final mission.
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Mar 7th 2011, 2:35 PM
# NASA
Watch every moment of yesterday's NASA spacewalk
Watch all the action on the International Space Station as recorded by NASA during the event.
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Mar 1st 2011, 1:23 PM
# Discovery
NASA launches Discovery shuttle for final space mission (Photos, Video)
Mission to the International Space Station will bring the first humanoid robot into space and will focus on maintenance work aboard the ISS.
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Feb 25th 2011, 12:33 PM
# Discovery Channel
Discovery gunman shot dead
Single gunman had taken hostages in TV station’s Maryland building.
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Sep 1st 2010, 11:48 PM
# Discovery Channel
Police say Discovery gunman holding “small number” of hostages
Local television identifies the man as environmental fanatic.
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Sep 1st 2010, 8:38 PM
# Discovery
Scientists may have found 'God'
Italian physicist speaks of imminent discovery.
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Jul 13th 2010, 11:50 AM
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