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Science - Saturday 20 October, 2012

Experts name likely source of giant eyeball washed up in US

Remember the gruesome discovery we brought to you last week from a Florida beach? Read on to discover more about its most likely owner…

Science - Thursday 18 October, 2012

From The Daily Edge Lend Us Your Ears This post contains videos

These sounds might upset you

Listen to some of the most horrible sounds in the world… with a reward at the end.

Why it’s SO hard to ignore a crying baby…

It doesn’t matter if you don’t have kids of your own – the sound of an infant in distress provokes strong reaction in the human brain.

Science - Wednesday 17 October, 2012

Earth-sized planet found just outside solar system

Astronomers have found the closest planet in location and size to the Earth circling a star in the system Alpha Centauri.

Science - Monday 15 October, 2012

Space shuttle finally reaches California Science Center

Endeavour has reached its LA retirement home after taking three days instead of two for its last-ever journey.

Science - Sunday 14 October, 2012

World record: Daredevil Felix Baumgartner skydives from 24.2 miles above Earth

The Austrian skydiver jumped from about 128,000 feet above earth – breaking the sound barrier in his four-minute freefall.

Science - Friday 12 October, 2012

Space shuttle makes its final journey… by road

Endeavour’s two-miles-per-hour journey to the California Space Centre will mean all four shuttles have been rehoused.

Infographic: Does eating more chocolate win you more Nobel prizes?

This slightly tongue-in-cheek paper from an American scientific journal says… possibly.

Dolly the sheep cloner Keith Campbell dies at 58

The University of Nottingham says Keith Campbell – who rose to worldwide fame in 1997 – passed away last week.

Science - Thursday 11 October, 2012

Astronomers find diamond planet twice the size of Earth

The planet is made up mainly of graphite and diamond and was spotted zooming around a nearby star.

Science - Wednesday 10 October, 2012

From The Daily Edge Weight Watchers This post contains videos

Video games could help prevent older people from falling

Research from Trinity and Queen’s finds that older people’s balance can be improved by games using the Wii balance board.

Science - Tuesday 9 October, 2012

New book documents the rise in pandemic diseases and wonders what’s next

The book ‘Spillover: Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic’ tracks previous pandemics and attempts to determine what the next one will be.

New research into what causes nausea may help improve cancer treatments

The research, carried out by the University of Guelph in Canada, used rats to better understand what led to the condition.

Science - Monday 8 October, 2012

Pioneering stem cell work wins Nobel Prize for researchers

Shinya Yamanaka of Japan and John Gurdon of Britain found that adult cells could be transformed back to stem cells.

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

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 - Saturday 6 October, 2012

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.

Does a junk food diet lower children’s IQ?

A new study found that a predominantly processed food diet at the age of three was associated with a lower IQ at the age of 8.5.

Science - Wednesday 3 October, 2012

EU

Draft EU nuclear report shows failure to implement safety measures agreed decades ago

A leaked European Commission report shows nuclear safety within the EU needs investment of between €10 billion and €25 billion.

Science - Tuesday 2 October, 2012

From The Daily Edge Hexa What Now? This post contains videos

Mind = Blown Video of the Day

Happy Hexaflexagon Month to you and yours.

Science - Wednesday 26 September, 2012

Lovesick This post contains videos

You really can die of a broken heart

It’s now a medical syndrome, you know.

Science - Tuesday 25 September, 2012

Irish Young Scientist winners share top European prize

Eric Doyle and Mark Kelly from Synge Street CBS are among three top prizewinners at the EU Contest for Young Scientists.

Science - Sunday 23 September, 2012

From Business ETC My Precious This post contains images

12 practical uses for gold

Gold is valued for its ‘flat currency’ in a turbulent market – but there’s more to it than that…

Coming Soon This post contains videos

Video: What futuristic films promised would happen by now

Computer tablets, Big Brother and exploding supernovas – some of these have come true…

Science - Tuesday 18 September, 2012

Swedish women in world’s first mother-to-daughter uterus transplants

Uterine transplants are a relatively novel medical procedure, with the first successful one conducted in Turkey in 2011.

Science - Monday 17 September, 2012

Your Say This post contains a poll

Poll: Would you support the modification of embryos to prevent genetic diseases?

Do you agree with a procedure involving the genetic modification of an embryo in order to prevent serious genetic diseases? Have your say…

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 - Wednesday 5 September, 2012

Frozen – over fresh – embryos may improve IVF success

Senior clinical embryologist at Beacon Court in Dublin welcomes the new research stating embryo freezing and waiting for a better conditioned womb linings may be the way forward.

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?

Coconut oil could combat tooth decay

Coconut oil treated with enzymes stops the growth of the bacteria that causes tooth decay – a problem which affects 60 per cent to 90 per cent of children in industrialised countries.

Science - Sunday 2 September, 2012

Here are the answers to yesterday’s 4th Class maths test

Yesterday we gave you a quiz based on questions from the 4th Class mathematics syllabus. Here are their answers.

Wonders This post contains images

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 - Saturday 1 September, 2012

Thalidomide makers issue first ever apology to victims

Campaigners born with serious physical disabilities because of the drug have described the apology as “meaningless” as the company has not admitted any liability.

Back to school: How would you do in a 4th Class maths test?

Are you smarter than a 10-year-old?

Science - Friday 31 August, 2012

Glass shape influences how quickly we drink alcohol

Research shows drinking out of a curved glass will increase a person’s rate of drinking compared to a straight-sided glass.

Science - Thursday 30 August, 2012

Blue moon to be visible tomorrow night

This month the universe has decided to throw in a second full moon for the price of one.