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Radio head: Heinrich Rudolf Hertz gets his own Google Doodle

11 hours ago 1,431 Views 2 Comments

Today marks the 155th anniversary of the birth of the German physicist whose discoveries paved the way for the invention of the wireless telegraph and the radio.

The brain is the part of the body affected by Huntington's disease Breakthrough

NUIG researchers discover enzyme linked with Huntington’s disease mutation

14 hours ago 1,775 Views 1 Comment

The findings are not a cure for the degenerative disease, but they could point to new ways to stop its progression.

Science - Yesterday’s News

An artist's conception of GJ1214b orbiting a red dwarf star. Waterworld

New ‘waterworld’ planet revealed by Hubble

Yesterday, 5:15 PM 4,497 Views 14 Comments

The watery planet is enshrouded by a thick, steamy atmosphere and is being described by astronomers as a whole new type of planet.

Lung disease

Irish scientists find potential new treatment for smoking-related diseases

Yesterday, 3:20 PM 2,985 Views 10 Comments

The new approach could help save patients with conditions often associated with long-term smoking.

From The Daily Edge If you're under 5'6 Dieting

Dieticians revise calorie calculations: it’s now twice as tough to lose weight

Yesterday, 9:53 AM 4,386 Views 15 Comments

US scientists say the previous formula – where cutting 500 calories a day meant losing 1lb a week – was too generous.

Science - Monday 20 February, 2012

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Boy, 5, lives as girl in one of youngest cases of Gender Identity Disorder

Mon, 7:37 PM 10,993 Views 115 Comments

Zach Avery behaved like a normal three-year-old boy until one day he decided he wanted to be a girl, according to reports.

From The Daily Edge Not a test tube burger (File photo) Test tube burger This post contains a poll

‘Test tube’ hamburger could be served later this year

Mon, 1:57 PM 4,960 Views 37 Comments

At a cost of around €240,000…

From The Daily Edge A US research holds a vial with a fragment of rock from Apollo 11. Ireland's fragment of Apollo 11 rock has been missing since a fire in 1977. Astronomy

There’s a $5m lump of moon rock in a dump in Finglas

Mon, 9:59 AM 12,173 Views 28 Comments

An astronomer tells the BBC that a piece of rock collected by the Apollo 11 astronauts is sitting in a dump in North Dublin.

Science - Friday 17 February, 2012

Bird Flu

WHO delays decision on releasing new bird flu research

Fri, 6:32 PM 1,815 Views 6 Comments

Researchers in the US and the Netherlands have developed new H5N1 strains which are more transmissible than the natural version.

From The Daily Edge You're kidding This post contains videos

Goats “have accents”

Fri, 11:52 AM 2,134 Views 7 Comments

Goats are like humans and dolphins in their ability to develop unique accents, according to new research.

Science - Thursday 16 February, 2012

Health

Turmeric can reduce Alzheimer risk, says new research

Thu, 12:40 PM 3,255 Views 11 Comments

Flies fed curcumin lived 75 per cent longer than those not fed the chemical.

Science - Wednesday 15 February, 2012

From The Daily Edge The International Space Station is seen orbiting the earth over Woolton in Liverpool, Merseyside.

The International Space Station flies across Ireland tonight

15/02/12 5,013 Views 14 Comments

Want to see the most expensive object ever built?

Science - Tuesday 14 February, 2012

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Babies can understand meaning of words from 6 months – study

14/02/12 2,255 Views 12 Comments

New research indicates that infants as young as six months can understand the meaning of full words – twice as early as previously believed.

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“Broken hearts” could be healed with stem cells

14/02/12 1,262 Views No Comments

A study by American doctors showed that scar tissue mass that occurred after a heart attack could be reduced after treatment with the patient’s own stem cells.

Science - Sunday 12 February, 2012

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Gallery: Dramatic images of our nearest star

12/02/12 5,105 Views 5 Comments

NASA has compiled an exhibition of the colourful and intriguing images captured by its Solar Dynamics Observatory.

2011 photo from NASA showing the sun, a portion of the International Space Station and Earth's horizon Space

NASA planning ‘orbiting lab’ space communications project

12/02/12 1,887 Views 2 Comments

The SCaN Testbed is part of a project to build better communications in space for human exploration or travel.

Science - Wednesday 8 February, 2012

From The Daily Edge Woaaah This post contains videos

Back up, guys: Obama shoots a marshmallow from a cannon in the White House

08/02/12 2,888 Views 10 Comments

We’re not sure who’s more excited, the eighth grader or the President of the United States.

Science - Tuesday 7 February, 2012

Artist's impression of how the ocean on Mars may have looked Red Planet

Scientists find evidence of ancient ocean on Mars

07/02/12 2,444 Views 15 Comments

A two-year investigation by a European Space Agency probe has found strong new evidence to show there was once an ocean on the red planet.

Science - Sunday 5 February, 2012

The 1900 Wright glider before installation of forward horizontal control surface, flying as a kite. Flying Machines This post contains images

In pictures: the Wright Brothers’ album of early flying machines

05/02/12 2,537 Views 7 Comments

The brothers, their friends and their family took hundreds of images of their pioneering efforts in human flight.

Science - Friday 3 February, 2012

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Rise in sexual activity leads to increase in STIs among elderly

03/02/12 4,724 Views 48 Comments

Doctors are warning that older people should take just as many precautions as younger people do when having intercourse.

Science - Wednesday 1 February, 2012

Addiction

Social media can be harder to resist than cigarettes – study

01/02/12 2,624 Views 18 Comments

Researchers found that work and media were more difficult to abstain from than tobacco and alcohol.

Mark Pollock using bionic 'legs' in Berkeley, California this week bionic legs This post contains videos

VIDEO: Blind and paralysed Irish adventurer ‘walks’ with robotic legs

01/02/12 3,958 Views 17 Comments

Mark Pollock, injured in an accident a year and a half ago, tests new technology that helps mobility for paralysed.

Science - Monday 30 January, 2012

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‘Deep brain stimulation’ technique could arrive in Ireland

30/01/12 4,611 Views 9 Comments

The technique, which involves inserting an electrode into the brain, can help sufferers of neurological conditions.

Science - Friday 27 January, 2012

From The Daily Edge No need, lads - we've got this one under control. Look out below!

What do you mean you missed it? An asteroid just flew past Earth

27/01/12 6,258 Views 17 Comments

An asteroid measuring 11m in diameter came five times closer than the moon at around 4pm – but that’s still 60,000km away.

Science - Wednesday 25 January, 2012

The solar flare on 22 January. Solar Storm This post contains videos

Explainer: Can a solar storm cause any damage?

25/01/12 3,069 Views 5 Comments

A large solar flare earlier this week has caused the largest solar radiation storms to hit Earth since 2003. But what does that mean?

Science - Tuesday 24 January, 2012

Cancer

Irish scientists make ‘important discovery’ on lung cancer

24/01/12 2,944 Views 10 Comments

The findings could lead to new treatments for the potentially deadly condition, according to researchers.

Science - Monday 23 January, 2012

Amy Huberman, in her comedy 'Threesome': A British university is funding research into embryos using cells from three adult parents - two mothers and one father. Mum and Dad and Mum

‘Babies with three parents’ may only be three years away

23/01/12 5,646 Views 8 Comments

Newcastle University announces funding for an embryo research programme, aimed at curing inherited diseases with a third parent.

Science - Sunday 22 January, 2012

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What does the discerning gentleman collect?

22/01/12 3,597 Views 1 Comment

Glass eyes, 45-million-year-old fossils and Winston Churchill’s half-smoked cigar among the items sold at annual curios auction.

Science - Saturday 21 January, 2012

From The Daily Edge One Small Step This post contains videosThis post contains images

In pictures: the Apollo 11 moon landing in 1969

21/01/12 3,499 Views 33 Comments

From launch to landing: NASA archive images from the first successful manned moon landing mission.

Science - Friday 20 January, 2012

Lost and Found This post contains images

Monkey long-believed to be extinct discovered in Indonesia

20/01/12 4,497 Views 17 Comments

A team of scientists hoping to capture footage of leopards and orangutans on Borneo island last summer got much more than they bargained for…

Science - Thursday 19 January, 2012

From The Daily Edge Adam Vaughan poses with a model of the Galileo satellite that will be named after him. Ad Astra

€670m satellite to be named after Swords boy Adam, 10

19/01/12 5,841 Views 18 Comments

Adam Vaughan is the Irish winner of a pan-European competition to have a new navigational satellite named after him.

Science - Tuesday 17 January, 2012

A Martian meteorite, recovered in December 2011 near Morocco. Life on Mars

Mystery Moroccan rocks ‘fell from Mars’, say scientists

17/01/12 3,779 Views 5 Comments

Chunks of meteorite found in Morocco in December, thought to have fallen in July, came from Mars millions of years ago.

Science - Monday 16 January, 2012

From The Daily Edge bootylicious science

New house fly to be named after Beyoncé

16/01/12 5,689 Views 13 Comments

For one researcher, the golden-bummed fly could receive just one name…

Science - Saturday 14 January, 2012

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TED2012: The ideas you should hear this year

14/01/12 5,187 Views 13 Comments

How social media is making us emotionally lazy, why humans are born optimists and one man who has probably made you cry: the inspiring talks to expect from non-profit group TED this year.

Science - Friday 13 January, 2012

Mark Kelly and Eric Doyle from Synge Street CBS celebrate their victory. Young Scientist

‘Many-body problem’ simulation wins Young Scientist crown

13/01/12 7,003 Views 22 Comments

Eric Doyle and Mark Kelly’s work may help astronomers predict how objects might travel in outer space.

A standard-sized Pheidole ant, like this one, will usually grow to 2mm in length. The 'super-soldier' ants can be four times as big. Super soldiers

Scientists harness hormones to create ‘super-soldier’ ants

13/01/12 2,042 Views 10 Comments

An entire genus of ant – of 1100 species – can be mutated into larger-than-average creatures with a touch of hormones.

Science - Thursday 12 January, 2012

An MRI scan of the brain. Chinese researchers have found evidence that internet 'addiction' can cause the links between parts of the brain to be frayed. 011010011

Chinese study points to possibility of ‘internet addiction’

12/01/12 2,050 Views 14 Comments

Research by Chinese researchers suggests excessive internet usage causes similar effects to addictions like alcoholism.

Science - Tuesday 10 January, 2012

From The Daily Edge Drinking

Do beer goggles really exist?

10/01/12 7,006 Views 28 Comments

Apparently, yes.

From The Daily Edge A contestant works on his puzzle in the final round during the Philadelphia Inquirer Sudoku National Championship. Groundbreaking

Can’t get harder than this: Sudoku puzzles must have 17 clues

10/01/12 9,298 Views 19 Comments

It was a Dublin mathematician who finally solved this quandary. Yay!

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