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# science - Saturday 22 January, 2011

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

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

Jan 22nd 2011, 1:10 PM 3,246 Views 7 Comments

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

# science - Wednesday 19 January, 2011

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

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

Jan 19th 2011, 1:35 PM 2,183 Views No Comments

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

Teeth pulled for stem cell harvest Health

Teeth pulled for stem cell harvest

Jan 19th 2011, 12:40 PM 1,322 Views No Comments

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.

# science - Friday 14 January, 2011

From The Daily Edge Meet the world's newest dinosaur - just 230 million years old Dinosaur Discovery

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

Jan 14th 2011, 5:25 PM 648 Views No Comments

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

# science - Tuesday 11 January, 2011

Too much TV wrecks your heart, says new study Heart Disease

Too much TV wrecks your heart, says new study

Jan 11th 2011, 2:29 PM 805 Views No Comments

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

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

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

Jan 11th 2011, 7:41 AM 528 Views No Comments

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

# science - Monday 10 January, 2011

Institutes of Technology want to form a university Tech University

Institutes of Technology want to form a university

Jan 10th 2011, 12:40 PM 973 Views No Comments

Four Dublin colleges launch joint bid to merge and become a ‘technological university’ a day before Hunt Report on third-level education strategy due.

# science - Thursday 6 January, 2011

British journal rips apart link between vaccines and autism Autism

British journal rips apart link between vaccines and autism

Jan 6th 2011, 9:31 PM 911 Views No Comments

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

# science - Wednesday 5 January, 2011

Women report falling pregnant while using Implanon contraceptive Implanon

Women report falling pregnant while using Implanon contraceptive

Jan 5th 2011, 3:04 PM 1,842 Views No Comments

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

# science - Monday 6 December, 2010

IBTS welcomes surge in new donations Blood Donations

IBTS welcomes surge in new donations

Dec 6th 2010, 3:26 PM 314 Views No Comments

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

# science - Friday 3 December, 2010

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

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

Dec 3rd 2010, 7:00 AM 1,083 Views No Comments

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

# science - Wednesday 1 December, 2010

Infants who take paracetamol more likely to develop asthma Asthma

Infants who take paracetamol more likely to develop asthma

Dec 1st 2010, 4:28 PM 320 Views No Comments

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

# science - Tuesday 30 November, 2010

From The Daily Edge Picky eater? Wrong - you're a supertaster Supertasters

Picky eater? Wrong - you're a supertaster

Nov 30th 2010, 2:00 PM 976 Views No Comments

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

# science - Friday 26 November, 2010

Passive smoking kills 600,000 every year Smoking This post contains videos

Passive smoking kills 600,000 every year

Nov 26th 2010, 9:18 AM 494 Views No Comments

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

# science - Thursday 25 November, 2010

Death-warning drug was never licensed in Ireland Diet Pills

Death-warning drug was never licensed in Ireland

Nov 25th 2010, 9:14 PM 786 Views No Comments

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

# science - Thursday 18 November, 2010

Hong Kong reports first Bird Flu in eight years Bird Flu

Hong Kong reports first Bird Flu in eight years

Nov 18th 2010, 7:41 PM 281 Views No Comments

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

# science - Friday 12 November, 2010

From The Daily Edge Scientists declare bush cricket top of the testes class King Of The Swingers

Scientists declare bush cricket top of the testes class

Nov 12th 2010, 6:36 PM 408 Views No Comments

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

Yet more images of space - from a paper aeroplane Out Of This World This post contains images

Yet more images of space - from a paper aeroplane

Nov 12th 2010, 2:36 PM 1,514 Views No Comments

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

Evolution began earlier than previously thought Ahead Of Deadline

Evolution began earlier than previously thought

Nov 12th 2010, 11:15 AM 400 Views No Comments

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

# science - Monday 8 November, 2010

Forget blood shortages – just inject your skin with some DNA True Blood This post contains videos

Forget blood shortages – just inject your skin with some DNA

Nov 8th 2010, 2:40 PM 390 Views No Comments

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

# science - Thursday 4 November, 2010

Vision chip helps blind people to see again Vision

Vision chip helps blind people to see again

Nov 4th 2010, 8:00 AM 919 Views 1 Comment

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

# science - Wednesday 3 November, 2010

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

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

Nov 3rd 2010, 1:43 PM 567 Views No Comments

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

Neanderthals were promiscuous because they had longer fingers Homo Promiscuous

Neanderthals were promiscuous because they had longer fingers

Nov 3rd 2010, 11:08 AM 2,353 Views No Comments

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

# science - Monday 1 November, 2010

Irish researchers trace origins of Black Death Plague

Irish researchers trace origins of Black Death

Nov 1st 2010, 3:00 PM 1,123 Views No Comments

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.

# science - Thursday 28 October, 2010

Amber fossils shed light on India’s past India This post contains images

Amber fossils shed light on India’s past

Oct 28th 2010, 8:00 PM 602 Views No Comments

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.

Can meditation change your brain? Health

Can meditation change your brain?

Oct 28th 2010, 2:11 PM 748 Views No Comments

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

# science - Wednesday 27 October, 2010

Video shows solar flares along Sun's northern hemisphere Science This post contains videos

Video shows solar flares along Sun's northern hemisphere

Oct 27th 2010, 6:00 PM 331 Views No Comments

NASA released incredible footage of activity on the Sun.

# science - Friday 22 October, 2010

Daily aspirin helps prevent colon cancer, says study Living

Daily aspirin helps prevent colon cancer, says study

Oct 22nd 2010, 3:53 PM 669 Views 1 Comment

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

# science - Friday 15 October, 2010

New insect found on Polynesian island in the Pacific Science

New insect found on Polynesian island in the Pacific

Oct 15th 2010, 9:42 PM 288 Views No Comments

Easter Island has yielded a tiny new scientific discovery.

From The Daily Edge X-shaped objects in space? Space

X-shaped objects in space?

Oct 15th 2010, 8:39 AM 551 Views No Comments

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

# science - Monday 11 October, 2010

First human trial of stem cell treatment underway Stem Cells

First human trial of stem cell treatment underway

Oct 11th 2010, 7:16 PM 269 Views No Comments

Controversial study begins treating its first patient in the US.

Google reveals latest innovation: cars that drive themselves Autopilot

Google reveals latest innovation: cars that drive themselves

Oct 11th 2010, 11:56 AM 496 Views No Comments

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

# science - Thursday 7 October, 2010

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

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

Oct 7th 2010, 4:18 PM 368 Views No Comments

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

# science - Wednesday 6 October, 2010

'Champagne' supernova spotter celebrates with a nice cup of tea Raheny Supernova This post contains images

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

Oct 6th 2010, 1:34 PM 2,403 Views 1 Comment

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

# science - Tuesday 5 October, 2010

Irishman shows the world the dangers of Stuxnet Stuxnet This post contains videos

Irishman shows the world the dangers of Stuxnet

Oct 5th 2010, 3:29 PM 745 Views No Comments

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

So long, Silicon Valley Nobels

So long, Silicon Valley

Oct 5th 2010, 12:22 PM 284 Views No Comments

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

# science - Monday 27 September, 2010

City dwellers more likely to be resistant to disease, says study Health

City dwellers more likely to be resistant to disease, says study

Sep 27th 2010, 2:51 PM 184 Views No Comments

Turns out city living is good for your health.

# science - Thursday 23 September, 2010

What would happen if you put your hand in the Large Hadron Collider? Don't Try At Home This post contains videos

What would happen if you put your hand in the Large Hadron Collider?

Sep 23rd 2010, 8:51 AM 485 Views No Comments

Scientists attempt to answer the question that’s been keeping us all awake at night.

# science - Saturday 18 September, 2010

Catch a glimpse of Jupiter at its closest for nearly 50 years Astronomy This post contains videos

Catch a glimpse of Jupiter at its closest for nearly 50 years

Sep 18th 2010, 3:56 PM 409 Views No Comments

Largest planet in the Solar System will pass close to Earth on Monday & Tuesday- coinciding with an approach from Uranus and a full moon.

# science - Wednesday 15 September, 2010

Video charts number of known asteroids since 1980 Space This post contains videos

Video charts number of known asteroids since 1980

Sep 15th 2010, 9:25 AM 453 Views No Comments

Incredible timelapse video artfully depicts discoveries.

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