# science - Saturday 22 January, 2011
# IPocalypse
# IPocalypse
We’re only about 10 days away from running out of internet ‘postcodes’, says an internet provider encouraging an upgrade.
# science - Wednesday 19 January, 2011
# Saoirse
# Saoirse
Parents of little girl who died yesterday of rare Batten’s Disease “hopeful” that her brother Liam may get latest medical help.
# Health
# Health
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.
# science - Friday 14 January, 2011
# Dinosaur Discovery
From The Daily Edge
# Dinosaur Discovery
A team in Argentina says it’s discovered a distant relative of the Tyrannosaurus – but about 4 feet in height.
# science - Tuesday 11 January, 2011
# Heart Disease
# Heart Disease
No matter how much exercise you do, sitting in front of a TV or computer screen increases your risk of heart disease.
# Sunswift IVy
# Sunswift IVy
The Sunswift IVy clocks an average speed faster than any other solar vehicle… at a not-mind-melting 55mph.
# science - Monday 10 January, 2011
# Tech University
# Tech 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.
# science - Thursday 6 January, 2011
# Autism
# Autism
A now-retracted study that linked autism to childhood vaccines is ridiculed by a leading medical journal.
# science - Wednesday 5 January, 2011
# Implanon
# Implanon
Hundreds of women in the UK, and over 30 in Ireland, report unwanted pregnancies while using implanted contraceptive.
# science - Monday 6 December, 2010
# Blood Donations
# Blood Donations
After issuing an appeal for emergency donations, the Irish Blood Transfusion Service sees its stocks increase.
# science - Friday 3 December, 2010
# New Life?
# New Life?
Discovery of arsenic-based life form is unlike anything ever seen before.
# science - Wednesday 1 December, 2010
# Asthma
# Asthma
Study from New Zealand concludes that “liberally” giving products containing paracetamol given to children may have serious side-effects.
# science - Tuesday 30 November, 2010
# Supertasters
From The Daily Edge
# Supertasters
New research suggests those with specific diets aren’t fussy – they actually have a more developed sense of taste.
# science - Friday 26 November, 2010
# Smoking
# Smoking
First global study confirms that secondhand smoke is a massive killer – and 200,000 of its victims are children.
# science - Thursday 25 November, 2010
# Diet Pills
# Diet Pills
Medicines Board reassures that weight-loss medicine which is linked to 500 deaths was not prescribed here.
# science - Thursday 18 November, 2010
# Bird Flu
# Bird Flu
Forget SARS, forget swine flu, forget foot-and-mouth disease… the original virus of doom is back.
# science - Friday 12 November, 2010
# King Of The Swingers
From The Daily Edge
# King Of The Swingers
The animal kingdom has a new record holder – a cricket has the largest male organs in relation to its body mass.
# Out Of This World
# Out Of This World
First a New York dad, now a Devon science buff takes photographs from space – with a helium balloon and paper plane.
# Ahead Of Deadline
# Ahead Of Deadline
Scottish researchers have discovered the evolution of complex cells began 1.2 billion years ago – 400 million years earlier than scientists had believed.
# science - Monday 8 November, 2010
# True Blood
# True Blood
Scientists claim to have discovered a new technique that converts skin cells into blood by injecting DNA proteins.
# science - Thursday 4 November, 2010
# Vision
# Vision
A pioneering new technology brings “the realms of science fiction” into the lives of people devastated by blindness.
# science - Wednesday 3 November, 2010
# Living
# Living
New research shows that the treatment itself may double the risk.
# Homo Promiscuous
# Homo Promiscuous
Scientists conducting fossil research on neanderthals reveal that promiscuity and aggressiveness went hand in hand for the ancient human relatives.
# science - Monday 1 November, 2010
# Plague
# Plague
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.
# science - Thursday 28 October, 2010
# India
# India
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.
# Health
# Health
Want some “lovingkindness” in your life? Meditation could offer a permanent change of mind-frame.
# science - Wednesday 27 October, 2010
# Science
# Science
NASA released incredible footage of activity on the Sun.
# science - Friday 22 October, 2010
# Living
# Living
Those who regularly take a low dose of aspirin could be reducing their risk of developing colon cancer – Ireland’s second deadliest cancer.
# science - Friday 15 October, 2010
# Science
# Science
Easter Island has yielded a tiny new scientific discovery.
# Space
From The Daily Edge
# Space
NASA’s Hubble Telescope has captured images of a strange object in space believed to be the result of an asteroid collision.
# science - Monday 11 October, 2010
# Stem Cells
# Stem Cells
Controversial study begins treating its first patient in the US.
# Autopilot
# Autopilot
The company has been working on automated cars that pull data from Google Maps to drive where you want.
# science - Thursday 7 October, 2010
# Languages
# Languages
Researchers discover a language spoken in the Himalayas that had never been recorded before.
# science - Wednesday 6 October, 2010
# Raheny Supernova
# Raheny Supernova
TheJournal.ie has first photograph Irish amateur astronomer took of supernova, the “biggest thing ever discovered in Irish astronomy”
# science - Tuesday 5 October, 2010
# Stuxnet
# Stuxnet
You might not have heard of Stuxnet – but after seeing this video you might get a little bit nervous about it.
# Nobels
# Nobels
Two British-based scientists win Nobel Prize for Physics for experiments with super-thin carbon extract which might replace silicon transistors in computers
# science - Monday 27 September, 2010
# Health
# Health
Turns out city living is good for your health.
# science - Thursday 23 September, 2010
# Don't Try At Home
# Don't Try At Home
Scientists attempt to answer the question that’s been keeping us all awake at night.
# science - Saturday 18 September, 2010
# Astronomy
# Astronomy
Largest planet in the Solar System will pass close to Earth on Monday & Tuesday- coinciding with an approach from Uranus and a full moon.
# science - Wednesday 15 September, 2010
# Space
# Space
Incredible timelapse video artfully depicts discoveries.
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