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New York

Unvaccinated children banned from public places in New York suburb following measles outbreak

27 Mar 2019

16.2k

Opinion

Carbon taxes won’t stop climate change – we need more radical action

Brian O'Boyle

26 Mar 2019

14.8k

say that again

'You have to keep positive about everything': The week in quotes

24 Mar 2019

17.5k

The Lancet

New study makes strong link between use of potent cannabis and psychosis

20 Mar 2019

52.1k

the explainer

'It spreads like wildfire': Why Ireland, and the world, is seeing a huge surge in measles cases

17 Mar 2019

42.0k

Opinion

Opinion: As a teacher should I encourage my students to strike against climate change?

Ronan Moore

13 Mar 2019

15.1k

Food standards

Talk of post-Brexit 'chlorinated chicken and hormone beef' is a 'smear campaign', claims US envoy

2 Mar 2019

29.1k

e-cigarettes

Opinion: 'E-cigarettes may be an effective tobacco cessation tool but at what cost to society'?

Des Cox

2 Mar 2019

21.5k

Critical

Bitter medicine: NHS 'harmed' in all Brexit scenarios, but no-deal will hit hardest

26 Feb 2019

8.9k

ideal touchdown

Japan probe lands 300 million km away in hunt for clues to origin of life

22 Feb 2019

14.9k

misleading labels

FSAI develops new DNA food scanning tool to clamp down on food fraud

18 Feb 2019

9.8k

analyse this

State Lab on the lookout to purchase a 'cigarette smoking machine'

16 Feb 2019

14.7k

mission complete

After roving on Mars for 15 years and sending back 217,594 images, Opportunity is now dead

14 Feb 2019

19.1k

Opinion

Opinion: Small farmers need to wake up and realise that the big farming lobby doesn't represent their interests

Saoirse McHugh

13 Feb 2019

34.2k

Mars One

That plan to make a colony on Mars and film it for reality TV has gone bust

12 Feb 2019

20.9k

hot and cold

New fabric automatically cools or insulates based on its environment

10 Feb 2019

26.7k

laws of attraction

Butterflies are genetically wired to choose a mate that looks just like them

9 Feb 2019

7.5k

remedies

Wine before beer, or beer before wine? Either way, you'll be hungover - study

8 Feb 2019

17.4k

good cause

'Summit night was hell on earth' - Ferris scales Kilimanjaro in aid of injured players

7 Feb 2019

39.0k

climate action

Opinion: 'Ireland only made its pollution targets in 2010 by crashing the economy'

Oisín Coghlan

5 Feb 2019

11.1k

Opinion

Opinion: We need to remove the stigma around lung cancer - no one should be blamed for getting it

Anne-Marie Baird

4 Feb 2019

17.1k

bomb de terre

A German WWI hand grenade from a French trench ended up in a Hong Kong crisp factory

3 Feb 2019

17.2k

Weight Loss

Breakfast may not be the most important meal of the day after all

31 Jan 2019

51.3k

QUIT SMOKING

First trial shows e-cigarettes are more effective than nicotine patches and gum for quitters

31 Jan 2019

27.1k

birds of a feather

This feathered creature could be the missing link between dinosaurs and birds

26 Jan 2019

9.7k

Watch this space

DCU researchers help solve cosmic riddle on the birth of massive black holes in the early universe

23 Jan 2019

20.7k

up early

Irish stargazers will be able to view a rare 'super wolf blood moon' on Monday

18 Jan 2019

32.9k

Irish sea

Construction on a Welsh nuclear power station 105 km from Ireland is being frozen

17 Jan 2019

27.1k

high steaks

Red meat and sugar consumption must halve by 2050 to save planet, scientists warn

17 Jan 2019

30.8k

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ice ice crazy

A huge spinning ice disc on a Maine river has the locals transfixed

16 Jan 2019

40.8k

JAMES WATSON

Nobel Prize winner who helped discover DNA's shape stripped of titles over 'reprehensible' race remarks

13 Jan 2019

86.0k

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the food chain

Meet the Young Scientists tackling microplastic pollution on Irish farms

12 Jan 2019

12.6k

sustainability

Ever tried to reinvent the wheel? One Young Scientist is doing just that

11 Jan 2019

10.8k

not stout

This Young Scientist project is turning algae into pints of the black stuff (crude oil, that is)

11 Jan 2019

12.8k

Social Media

Young teenagers' privacy at risk and left vulnerable on Yubo app - DCU study

11 Jan 2019

10.7k

BT Young Scientists

Inspired by the Coast Guard, this young scientist from Clare hopes to develop an improved life jacket

10 Jan 2019

11.4k

Opinion

Opinion: Time is running out to stop global warming - so we're taking the Irish government to court

Sadhbh O' Neill

10 Jan 2019

22.1k

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Cod

How climate change could lead to 'enormous' losses for the global fishing industry

4 Jan 2019

7.4k

the great beyond

A meteor shower peaking tonight rings in the start of a busy year for stargazing

3 Jan 2019

12.7k

Swimmers

Weirdly shaped mouse sperm can be used to tell species apart

1 Jan 2019

14.1k