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Tuesday 22 September 2020
We’re only about 10 days away from running out of internet ‘postcodes’, says an internet provider encouraging an upgrade.
Parents of little girl who died yesterday of rare Batten’s Disease “hopeful” that her brother Liam may get latest medical help.
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.
A team in Argentina says it’s discovered a distant relative of the Tyrannosaurus – but about 4 feet in height.
No matter how much exercise you do, sitting in front of a TV or computer screen increases your risk of heart disease.
The Sunswift IVy clocks an average speed faster than any other solar vehicle… at a not-mind-melting 55mph.
Four Dublin colleges launch joint bid to merge and become a ‘technological university’ a day before Hunt Report on third-level education strategy due.
Strict new Covid-19 measures are now in effect in the capital – here’s what they mean for you.
A now-retracted study that linked autism to childhood vaccines is ridiculed by a leading medical journal.
Hundreds of women in the UK, and over 30 in Ireland, report unwanted pregnancies while using implanted contraceptive.
After issuing an appeal for emergency donations, the Irish Blood Transfusion Service sees its stocks increase.
Discovery of arsenic-based life form is unlike anything ever seen before.
Study from New Zealand concludes that “liberally” giving products containing paracetamol given to children may have serious side-effects.
New research suggests those with specific diets aren’t fussy – they actually have a more developed sense of taste.
First global study confirms that secondhand smoke is a massive killer – and 200,000 of its victims are children.
Medicines Board reassures that weight-loss medicine which is linked to 500 deaths was not prescribed here.
Forget SARS, forget swine flu, forget foot-and-mouth disease… the original virus of doom is back.
The animal kingdom has a new record holder – a cricket has the largest male organs in relation to its body mass.
First a New York dad, now a Devon science buff takes photographs from space – with a helium balloon and paper plane.
Scottish researchers have discovered the evolution of complex cells began 1.2 billion years ago – 400 million years earlier than scientists had believed.
Scientists claim to have discovered a new technique that converts skin cells into blood by injecting DNA proteins.
A pioneering new technology brings “the realms of science fiction” into the lives of people devastated by blindness.
New research shows that the treatment itself may double the risk.
Scientists conducting fossil research on neanderthals reveal that promiscuity and aggressiveness went hand in hand for the ancient human relatives.
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.
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.
Want some “lovingkindness” in your life? Meditation could offer a permanent change of mind-frame.
NASA released incredible footage of activity on the Sun.
Those who regularly take a low dose of aspirin could be reducing their risk of developing colon cancer – Ireland’s second deadliest cancer.
Easter Island has yielded a tiny new scientific discovery.
NASA’s Hubble Telescope has captured images of a strange object in space believed to be the result of an asteroid collision.
Controversial study begins treating its first patient in the US.
The company has been working on automated cars that pull data from Google Maps to drive where you want.
Researchers discover a language spoken in the Himalayas that had never been recorded before.
TheJournal.ie has first photograph Irish amateur astronomer took of supernova, the “biggest thing ever discovered in Irish astronomy”
You might not have heard of Stuxnet – but after seeing this video you might get a little bit nervous about it.
Two British-based scientists win Nobel Prize for Physics for experiments with super-thin carbon extract which might replace silicon transistors in computers
Turns out city living is good for your health.
Scientists attempt to answer the question that’s been keeping us all awake at night.
Largest planet in the Solar System will pass close to Earth on Monday & Tuesday- coinciding with an approach from Uranus and a full moon.
Incredible timelapse video artfully depicts discoveries.
IT’S A QUESTION that has been asked throughout the pandemic, but which has been raised again recently after the Oliver Bond Street party – would you call the Gardaí on your neighbours if you saw they broke Covid-19 restrictions on mass gatherings?
In the UK, junior minister for policing Kit Malthouse suggested that people should report their neighbours to the police if they’re concerned about gatherings that break the rules.
At the moment, Dublin is at Level Three which means that you can have visitors from one other household to your home or garden; while the rest of the country is at Level Two, which means you can have six visitors from up to three households to your home or garden.
So we’re asking you: Would you call the Gardaí if you saw your neighbours break Covid-19 restrictions on gatherings?
Poll Results:
Share your story: voices@thejournal.ie
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