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Watch out: we're about to fill up the internet
We’re only about 10 days away from running out of internet ‘postcodes’, says an internet provider encouraging an upgrade.
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Jan 22nd 2011, 1:10 PM
Brother of tragic Saoirse may be sent to US for trial treatment
Parents of little girl who died yesterday of rare Batten’s Disease “hopeful” that her brother Liam may get latest medical help.
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Jan 19th 2011, 1:35 PM
Teeth pulled for stem cell harvest
Some parents in the US have been bringing their children to have baby teeth removed in the hopes that stem cells harvested from them might help with future health problems.
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Jan 19th 2011, 12:40 PM
Meet the world's newest dinosaur - just 230 million years old
A team in Argentina says it’s discovered a distant relative of the Tyrannosaurus – but about 4 feet in height.
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Jan 14th 2011, 5:25 PM
Too much TV wrecks your heart, says new study
No matter how much exercise you do, sitting in front of a TV or computer screen increases your risk of heart disease.
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Jan 11th 2011, 2:29 PM
Meet the IVy: The world’s fastest solar-powered vehicle
The Sunswift IVy clocks an average speed faster than any other solar vehicle… at a not-mind-melting 55mph.
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Jan 11th 2011, 7:41 AM
Institutes of Technology want to form a university
Four Dublin colleges launch joint bid to merge and become a ‘technological university’ a day before Hunt Report on third-level education strategy due.
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Jan 10th 2011, 12:40 PM
British journal rips apart link between vaccines and autism
A now-retracted study that linked autism to childhood vaccines is ridiculed by a leading medical journal.
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Jan 6th 2011, 9:31 PM
Women report falling pregnant while using Implanon contraceptive
Hundreds of women in the UK, and over 30 in Ireland, report unwanted pregnancies while using implanted contraceptive.
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Jan 5th 2011, 3:04 PM
IBTS welcomes surge in new donations
After issuing an appeal for emergency donations, the Irish Blood Transfusion Service sees its stocks increase.
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Dec 6th 2010, 3:26 PM
Who’s there? NASA finds new life form… on earth
Discovery of arsenic-based life form is unlike anything ever seen before.
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Dec 3rd 2010, 7:00 AM
Infants who take paracetamol more likely to develop asthma
Study from New Zealand concludes that “liberally” giving products containing paracetamol given to children may have serious side-effects.
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Dec 1st 2010, 4:28 PM
Picky eater? Wrong - you're a supertaster
New research suggests those with specific diets aren’t fussy – they actually have a more developed sense of taste.
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Nov 30th 2010, 2:00 PM
Passive smoking kills 600,000 every year
First global study confirms that secondhand smoke is a massive killer – and 200,000 of its victims are children.
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Nov 26th 2010, 9:18 AM
Death-warning drug was never licensed in Ireland
Medicines Board reassures that weight-loss medicine which is linked to 500 deaths was not prescribed here.
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Nov 25th 2010, 9:14 PM
Hong Kong reports first Bird Flu in eight years
Forget SARS, forget swine flu, forget foot-and-mouth disease… the original virus of doom is back.
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Nov 18th 2010, 7:41 PM
Scientists declare bush cricket top of the testes class
The animal kingdom has a new record holder – a cricket has the largest male organs in relation to its body mass.
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Nov 12th 2010, 6:36 PM
Yet more images of space - from a paper aeroplane
First a New York dad, now a Devon science buff takes photographs from space – with a helium balloon and paper plane.
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Nov 12th 2010, 2:36 PM
Evolution began earlier than previously thought
Scottish researchers have discovered the evolution of complex cells began 1.2 billion years ago – 400 million years earlier than scientists had believed.
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Nov 12th 2010, 11:15 AM
Forget blood shortages - just inject your skin with some DNA
Scientists claim to have discovered a new technique that converts skin cells into blood by injecting DNA proteins.
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Nov 8th 2010, 2:40 PM
Vision chip helps blind people to see again
A pioneering new technology brings “the realms of science fiction” into the lives of people devastated by blindness.
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Nov 4th 2010, 8:00 AM
Babies born through IVF may have twice the risk of cerebral palsy
New research shows that the treatment itself may double the risk.
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Nov 3rd 2010, 1:43 PM
Neanderthals were promiscuous because they had longer fingers
Scientists conducting fossil research on neanderthals reveal that promiscuity and aggressiveness went hand in hand for the ancient human relatives.
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Nov 3rd 2010, 11:08 AM
Irish researchers trace origins of Black Death
UCC scientists find roots of three deadly plagues – including the one that killed almost one-third of Middle Ages Europe – travelled on Silk Road from China.
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Nov 1st 2010, 3:00 PM
Amber fossils shed light on India’s past
The discovery of perfectly preserved insects in India has challenged the assumption that the country was an isolated island continent about 52 million years ago.
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Oct 28th 2010, 8:00 PM
Can meditation change your brain?
Want some “lovingkindness” in your life? Meditation could offer a permanent change of mind-frame.
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Oct 28th 2010, 2:11 PM
Video shows solar flares along Sun's northern hemisphere
NASA released incredible footage of activity on the Sun.
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Oct 27th 2010, 6:00 PM
Daily aspirin helps prevent colon cancer, says study
Those who regularly take a low dose of aspirin could be reducing their risk of developing colon cancer – Ireland’s second deadliest cancer.
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Oct 22nd 2010, 3:53 PM
New insect found on Polynesian island in the Pacific
Easter Island has yielded a tiny new scientific discovery.
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Oct 15th 2010, 9:42 PM
X-shaped objects in space?
NASA’s Hubble Telescope has captured images of a strange object in space believed to be the result of an asteroid collision.
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Oct 15th 2010, 8:39 AM
First human trial of stem cell treatment underway
Controversial study begins treating its first patient in the US.
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Oct 11th 2010, 7:16 PM
Google reveals latest innovation: cars that drive themselves
The company has been working on automated cars that pull data from Google Maps to drive where you want.
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Oct 11th 2010, 11:56 AM
Dead? Far from it - scientists discover 'new' language
Researchers discover a language spoken in the Himalayas that had never been recorded before.
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Oct 7th 2010, 4:18 PM
'Champagne' supernova spotter celebrates with a nice cup of tea
TheJournal.ie has first photograph Irish amateur astronomer took of supernova, the “biggest thing ever discovered in Irish astronomy”
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Oct 6th 2010, 1:34 PM
Irishman shows the world the dangers of Stuxnet
You might not have heard of Stuxnet – but after seeing this video you might get a little bit nervous about it.
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Oct 5th 2010, 3:29 PM
So long, Silicon Valley
Two British-based scientists win Nobel Prize for Physics for experiments with super-thin carbon extract which might replace silicon transistors in computers
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Oct 5th 2010, 12:22 PM
City dwellers more likely to be resistant to disease, says study
Turns out city living is good for your health.
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Sep 27th 2010, 2:51 PM
What would happen if you put your hand in the Large Hadron Collider?
Scientists attempt to answer the question that’s been keeping us all awake at night.
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Sep 23rd 2010, 8:51 AM
Catch a glimpse of Jupiter at its closest for nearly 50 years
Largest planet in the Solar System will pass close to Earth on Monday & Tuesday- coinciding with an approach from Uranus and a full moon.
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Sep 18th 2010, 3:56 PM
Video charts number of known asteroids since 1980
Incredible timelapse video artfully depicts discoveries.
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Sep 15th 2010, 9:25 AM
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