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# science - Thursday 25 October, 2012
Rubberbandits ask: “Are communion wafers haunted by the ghost of Christ?”
They’re trying to find the truth as part of Science Week 2012.
# science - Sunday 21 October, 2012
The Weird Wide Web: the week in online oddities
The internet’s best offerings in social media, tech, science and weird news.
# science - Saturday 20 October, 2012
Damn you, science! US researchers debunk ‘five second rule’
Dropped your food? Don’t bother trying to pick it up quickly – it’s already ruined.
# science - Sunday 14 October, 2012
Why was a Boeing 727 deliberately crashed in desert?
Experiment for Discovery Channel aims to understand what it takes to survive an air crash.
# science - Wednesday 10 October, 2012
US pair share chemistry Nobel for cell receptors
“I was fast asleep and the phone rang… my wife gave me an elbow – and there it was. A total shock and surprise,” said Robert Lefkowitz.
# science - Monday 8 October, 2012
Nobel Prize season kicks off with medicine award
This week, some of the world’s top scholars will look to Stockholm and Oslo as the 2012 Nobel Prizes are announced.
# science - Sunday 7 October, 2012
US Congressman: evolution is a lie “straight from the pit of hell”
Republican politician Paul Broun from Georgia, who sits on the US government’s science committee, said he believes the earth is les than 9,000 years old.
The Weird Wide Web: the week in online oddities
The internet’s best offerings in social media, tech, science and weird news.
10 scientific discoveries that were complete accidents
We can all thank clumsiness, unhygienic lab practices, and sheer luck for some of the greatest discoveries of our civilisation.
# science - Thursday 4 October, 2012
Potential infertility cure: stem cells create viable eggs in mice
It’s a long way from working in humans but researchers have made a leap forward.
# science - Wednesday 3 October, 2012
Seeing this photo will make you more productive at work today*
*Possibly. Here’s why…
Government urged to bring in stem cell legislation
The government promised to regulate stem cell research in the Programme for Government – but there’s no sign of legislation yet.
# science - Tuesday 2 October, 2012
Mind = Blown Video of the Day
Happy Hexaflexagon Month to you and yours.
# science - Sunday 30 September, 2012
Weird Wide Web: The week in online oddities
The internet’s best offerings in social media, tech, science and weird news.
# science - Tuesday 25 September, 2012
The Evening Fix…now with added break-up cleavage
The things we learned, loved and shared today…
Column: Let’s make sure ‘frackademia’ has no place in Ireland
We tend to assume that science equals ‘truth’ – but when fracking is the issue this isn’t always the case, writes Sian Cowman.
# science - Sunday 23 September, 2012
Weird Wide Web: The week in online oddities
The internet’s best offerings in social media, tech, science and weird news.
# science - Friday 21 September, 2012
Irish Cancer Society announces €7.5 million funding for research centre
The society says it recognises the importance of joined-up thinking to advance the quality of cancer care in Ireland.
# science - Monday 17 September, 2012
New DNA techniques could help prevent genetic diseases
Mitochondrial replacement techniques – which involve two parents and donor DNA – are the focus of a public consultation in the UK.
# science - Sunday 16 September, 2012
Weird Wide Web: The week in online oddities
The internet’s best offerings in social media, tech, science and weird news.
# science - Saturday 15 September, 2012
If only humans had the legs of grasshoppers…
…they would be twice as strong, say Trinity College Dublin researchers.
# science - Saturday 8 September, 2012
Column: ‘You need passion to be an inventor’
People are amazingly inventful, creative and resourceful – they have just forgotten that they are says Irish inventor, Jane Ni Dhulchaointigh.
# science - Monday 3 September, 2012
Why NASA put large holes in Curiosity’s wheels
It’s to help scientists keep track of where it moves on Mars, see?
# science - Sunday 2 September, 2012
High tech homes: the smart technology that helps you run your home
Fridges that recommend recipes, robot vacuums and moving the walls at the touch of a button…
Weird wide web: The week in online oddities
The internet’s best offerings in social media, tech, science and weird news.
7 Dublin curiosities that tell of capital’s inventive past
New book, Ingenious Dublin, charts the world-shaking discoveries, inventions and feats of engineering that came out of the capital – and helps you find physical signs of them yourself.
# science - Friday 31 August, 2012
Column: Hurricane Isaac should make us think seriously about climate change
Catastrophic events like Hurricane Isaac highlight the reality of climate change – those that believe it is fictional are in denial, writes Gavin Harte.
# science - Thursday 30 August, 2012
Humans share more diseases with primates than previously thought
Trinity College Dublin study shows that emerging diseases may come from more distant relatives such as baboons.
# science - Wednesday 29 August, 2012
Science corner: how the prosthetic ‘blades’ of Paralympic athletes work
The guys at LiveScience have been taking a closer look at the prosthetics worn by South African ‘blade runner’ Oscar Pistorius and others.
Plant-based compounds slow the spread of cancer
A new study shows that compounds in substances like ginseng, tomatoes and turmeric can turn on genes that slow cancer from spreading.
# science - Tuesday 28 August, 2012
The Evening Fix: Tuesday
Things we learned, loved and shared today.
# science - Sunday 26 August, 2012
Weird wide web: The week in online oddities
The internet’s best offerings in social media, tech, science and weird news.
# science - Thursday 23 August, 2012
Column: GM crops aren’t just about science – this is a political decision
Genetically modified crops aren’t just a matter for scientists – their use says something about big corporations and the rest of us, writes Fergal Anderson.
# science - Wednesday 22 August, 2012
Study shows males exposed to chronic stress have anxious daughters
Tests conducted on mice show psychiatric disorders may depend on our fathers’ experiences in their youth.
NASA reports damage to Curiosity wind instrument
The rover is being put through its paces ahead of its first drive on Mars today.
# science - Monday 20 August, 2012
Maths and IT courses see biggest surge in CAO points race
Mathematics and Physics at the University of Limerick saw the highest points surge – up by a whopping 145 points.
CAO offers: the main points
STEM is the new acronym of the day, standing for the popular-again subjects of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics.
# science - Sunday 19 August, 2012
Weird Wide Web: The week in online oddities
The internet’s best offerings in social media, tech, science and weird news.
# science - Saturday 18 August, 2012
Curiosity rover prepares to zap Mars rocks and hit the road
Researchers will be carrying out tests in the coming days to prepare the rover for its first journey across the surface of Mars.
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