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Watch out: we're about to fill up the internet

We’re only about 10 days away from running out of internet ‘postcodes’, says an internet provider encouraging an upgrade.

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Jan 22nd 2011, 1:10 PM

# Saoirse

Brother of tragic Saoirse may be sent to US for trial treatment

Parents of little girl who died yesterday of rare Batten’s Disease “hopeful” that her brother Liam may get latest medical help.

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Jan 19th 2011, 1:35 PM

# Health

Teeth pulled for stem cell harvest

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.

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Jan 19th 2011, 12:40 PM

# Dinosaur Discovery

Meet the world's newest dinosaur - just 230 million years old

A team in Argentina says it’s discovered a distant relative of the Tyrannosaurus – but about 4 feet in height.

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Jan 14th 2011, 5:25 PM

# Heart Disease

Too much TV wrecks your heart, says new study

No matter how much exercise you do, sitting in front of a TV or computer screen increases your risk of heart disease.

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Jan 11th 2011, 2:29 PM

# Sunswift IVy

Meet the IVy: The world’s fastest solar-powered vehicle

The Sunswift IVy clocks an average speed faster than any other solar vehicle… at a not-mind-melting 55mph.

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Jan 11th 2011, 7:41 AM

# Tech university

Institutes of Technology want to form a 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.

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Jan 10th 2011, 12:40 PM

# Autism

British journal rips apart link between vaccines and autism

A now-retracted study that linked autism to childhood vaccines is ridiculed by a leading medical journal.

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Jan 6th 2011, 9:31 PM

# Implanon

Women report falling pregnant while using Implanon contraceptive

Hundreds of women in the UK, and over 30 in Ireland, report unwanted pregnancies while using implanted contraceptive.

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Jan 5th 2011, 3:04 PM

# blood donations

IBTS welcomes surge in new donations

After issuing an appeal for emergency donations, the Irish Blood Transfusion Service sees its stocks increase.

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Dec 6th 2010, 3:26 PM

# New life?

Who’s there? NASA finds new life form… on earth

Discovery of arsenic-based life form is unlike anything ever seen before.

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Dec 3rd 2010, 7:00 AM

# Asthma

Infants who take paracetamol more likely to develop asthma

Study from New Zealand concludes that “liberally” giving products containing paracetamol given to children may have serious side-effects.

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Dec 1st 2010, 4:28 PM

# Supertasters

Picky eater? Wrong - you're a supertaster

New research suggests those with specific diets aren’t fussy – they actually have a more developed sense of taste.

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Nov 30th 2010, 2:00 PM

# Smoking

Passive smoking kills 600,000 every year

First global study confirms that secondhand smoke is a massive killer – and 200,000 of its victims are children.

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Nov 26th 2010, 9:18 AM

# Diet pills

Death-warning drug was never licensed in Ireland

Medicines Board reassures that weight-loss medicine which is linked to 500 deaths was not prescribed here.

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Nov 25th 2010, 9:14 PM

# Bird Flu

Hong Kong reports first Bird Flu in eight years

Forget SARS, forget swine flu, forget foot-and-mouth disease… the original virus of doom is back.

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Nov 18th 2010, 7:41 PM

# King of the Swingers

Scientists declare bush cricket top of the testes class

The animal kingdom has a new record holder – a cricket has the largest male organs in relation to its body mass.

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Nov 12th 2010, 6:36 PM

# Out of this World

Yet more images of space - from a paper aeroplane

First a New York dad, now a Devon science buff takes photographs from space – with a helium balloon and paper plane.

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Nov 12th 2010, 2:36 PM

# Ahead of deadline

Evolution began earlier than previously thought

Scottish researchers have discovered the evolution of complex cells began 1.2 billion years ago – 400 million years earlier than scientists had believed.

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Nov 12th 2010, 11:15 AM

# True Blood

Forget blood shortages - just inject your skin with some DNA

Scientists claim to have discovered a new technique that converts skin cells into blood by injecting DNA proteins.

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Nov 8th 2010, 2:40 PM

# Vision

Vision chip helps blind people to see again

A pioneering new technology brings “the realms of science fiction” into the lives of people devastated by blindness.

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Nov 4th 2010, 8:00 AM

# Living

Babies born through IVF may have twice the risk of cerebral palsy

New research shows that the treatment itself may double the risk.

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Nov 3rd 2010, 1:43 PM

# Homo promiscuous

Neanderthals were promiscuous because they had longer fingers

Scientists conducting fossil research on neanderthals reveal that promiscuity and aggressiveness went hand in hand for the ancient human relatives.

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Nov 3rd 2010, 11:08 AM

# Plague

Irish researchers trace origins of Black Death

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.

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Nov 1st 2010, 3:00 PM

# India

Amber fossils shed light on India’s past

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.

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Oct 28th 2010, 8:00 PM

# Health

Can meditation change your brain?

Want some “lovingkindness” in your life? Meditation could offer a permanent change of mind-frame.

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Oct 28th 2010, 2:11 PM

# Science

Video shows solar flares along Sun's northern hemisphere

NASA released incredible footage of activity on the Sun.

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Oct 27th 2010, 6:00 PM

# Living

Daily aspirin helps prevent colon cancer, says study

Those who regularly take a low dose of aspirin could be reducing their risk of developing colon cancer – Ireland’s second deadliest cancer.

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Oct 22nd 2010, 3:53 PM

# Science

New insect found on Polynesian island in the Pacific

Easter Island has yielded a tiny new scientific discovery.

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Oct 15th 2010, 9:42 PM

# Space

X-shaped objects in space?

NASA’s Hubble Telescope has captured images of a strange object in space believed to be the result of an asteroid collision.

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Oct 15th 2010, 8:39 AM

# Stem Cells

First human trial of stem cell treatment underway

Controversial study begins treating its first patient in the US.

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Oct 11th 2010, 7:16 PM

# Autopilot

Google reveals latest innovation: cars that drive themselves

The company has been working on automated cars that pull data from Google Maps to drive where you want.

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Oct 11th 2010, 11:56 AM

# Languages

Dead? Far from it - scientists discover 'new' language

Researchers discover a language spoken in the Himalayas that had never been recorded before.

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Oct 7th 2010, 4:18 PM

# Raheny Supernova

'Champagne' supernova spotter celebrates with a nice cup of tea

TheJournal.ie has first photograph Irish amateur astronomer took of supernova, the “biggest thing ever discovered in Irish astronomy”

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Oct 6th 2010, 1:34 PM

# Stuxnet

Irishman shows the world the dangers of Stuxnet

You might not have heard of Stuxnet – but after seeing this video you might get a little bit nervous about it.

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Oct 5th 2010, 3:29 PM

# Nobels

So long, Silicon Valley

Two British-based scientists win Nobel Prize for Physics for experiments with super-thin carbon extract which might replace silicon transistors in computers

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Oct 5th 2010, 12:22 PM