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Science

Last week
30th November 2025 - 6th December 2025
Evening Wrap
The 5 at 5 Five minutes, five stories, five o’clock…
2 Dec
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Explainer
Incensed locals, claims of compulsory purchase orders - what's going on with the Kinsale greenway?
The project has been the subject of emotive claims by opponents.
18 Oct
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FactCheck
Debunked: False stat about Sudden Infant Death Syndrome used to bolster anti-vaccine claims
16 Oct
3.8k
Look Up
Did you catch last night's supermoon? It should be out again this evening
Updated 7 Oct
9.0k
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The Morning Lead
Thousands of fines and warnings issued over abandoned and badly parked Moby bikes in Dublin
Dubliners are frustrated by Moby bikes blocking footpaths and being abandoned in estates – but the company says it’s a victim of its own success.
Valerie Flynn
2 Oct
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forever chemicals
EU environment boss tests positive for 'toxic' forever chemicals in her blood
29 Sep
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Lancet
Drug firm publishes clinical trials tripling Ozempic dose for greater weight loss
15 Sep
18.1k
The Morning Lead
Vaping is hooking a new generation of Irish people on nicotine, Lancet study suggests
The researchers said an Australian law restricting vape sales to pharmacies should be looked at here too.
8 Sep
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Lunar Eclipse
There's a rare partial 'blood moon' eclipse tonight - but you might struggle to catch a glimpse
7 Sep
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All Clear
Regulator rules Ozempic maker's obesity ads were legal (because they didn't mention Ozempic)
6 Sep
9.0k
Wow
That small dot in the picture? A baby planet just discovered by Irish researchers
26 Aug
8.7k
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IVF
Genetic tests on IVF embryos ‘could help women over 35 conceive faster’
25 Aug
7.6k
15
Explainer
The reality of famine: What happens when a person starves?
Updated 22 Aug
16.2k
Istiorachis macaruthurae
New dinosaur species discovered with ‘eye-catching sail’ along its back
22 Aug
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InvestigatesSeal harm
Snap happy tourists harming seals by picking up pups for selfies and flying drones
Tourists visiting the Great Blasket Island are causing ‘almost daily’ incidents’ leading to seals abandoning young, The Journal Investigates can reveal.
Low flying drones disturbing protected colony
Expert warns of serious consequences of human disturbance
Calls for beach closure during critical pupping time
Patricia Devlin
14 Aug
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hearing aid
AI-powered ‘hearing glasses’ will use lip-reading technology to help people with hearing loss
13 Aug
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Overheated Seas
The Great Barrier Reef has seen its largest annual coral loss in at least four decades
7 Aug
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Public Health
US Health Secretary RFK Jr halts funding for vaccines to fight Covid-19 and flu
Kennedy’s decision to terminate the projects is the latest in a string of decisions that have put the long-time vaccine critic’s doubts about jabs into full effect.
6 Aug
18.9k
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good news
Good news for parents organising summer days out - the Dead Zoo is open again at a new location
Specimens housed by the Natural History Museum have now been moved to the National Museum in Collins Barracks.
5 Aug
21.5k
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new motion
Sinn Féin seeking centre of excellence for endometriosis care as women 'being failed'
15 Jul
4.9k
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FactCheck
Debunked: Fatal floods in Texas spark false claims of weather manipulation amid political blame
8 Jul
5.2k
extreme heat
'I couldn't step outside': Irish tourists swelter as 'heat dome' blankets southern Europe
Scorching conditions are forecast to continue today, with many cities and districts under heat warnings.
1 Jul
98.0k
13
Whale I Never
Orcas spotted grooming each other with seaweed in first evidence of marine mammals making tools
23 Jun
15.4k
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FactCheck
Debunked: A study into music's effect on cells doesn't show Beethoven's 5th can 'fight cancer'
16 Jun
12.1k
Climate Change
Last month was the second warmest May on record
11 Jun
4.6k
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(don't) get ready with me
Skin-care routine videos commonly show 'harmful' (and expensive) regimens for children
10 Jun
11.0k
13
deep space
Galway astronomers have discovered a new giant planet formation
9 Jun
18.3k
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FactCheck
FactCheck: False claims about toxins, Vitamin D and ‘cooked’ skin in viral claims about suncream
7 Jun
13.7k
el scorchio
'Omega block' means hot weather here to stay for at least another week, Met Éireann boss says
14 May
29.0k
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InvestigatesImpact
The Journal Investigates work on exposing data centre emissions shortlisted for global award
12 May
7.6k
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7 deadly reads
Sitdown Sunday: The men who escaped Alcatraz
11 May
13.9k
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open for science
Europe seeks to attract US-based scientists with new €500m support package
5 May
10.5k
47
FactCheck
Debunked: No, the electricity blackouts in Spain and Portugal were not caused by a solar flare
29 Apr
39.2k
FactCheck
FactCheck: Studies of millions of children show there is no connection between autism and vaccines
19 Apr
21.7k
world heritage day
Two historic locations added to Ireland's tentative list of UNESCO world heritage sites
18 Apr
51.8k
15
Squid Game
Watch: The world's largest known squid species has been filmed alive in the wild for the first time
16 Apr
22.4k
14
A1 from AI
Leaving Cert examiners offer €100,000 contract to research how AI can be used to correct papers
7 Apr
40.3k
20
detour
Phew! The asteroid that was briefly feared to strike Earth may now hit the Moon instead
3 Apr
12.9k
22
HSE
Weight-loss drug Wegovy now available in Ireland
24 Mar
26.0k
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Norovirus
High levels of winter vomiting bug circulating, HPSC warns
23 Mar
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