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Misinformation

Opinion: How conspiracy communities are using predictable tactics to spread falsehoods about RSV

Aoife Gallagher and Clara Martiny

11 Dec 2022

19.2k

dearmooon

Irish-born woman to join Japanese billionaire on first civilian flight to moon

9 Dec 2022

28.8k

Space Exploration

Chinese astronauts return to Earth after six-month mission

4 Dec 2022

11.0k

Research

Fossil ‘overturns more than a century of knowledge about origin of modern birds’

30 Nov 2022

20.5k

Research

Eight glasses of water per day may be too much, scientists conclude

24 Nov 2022

33.9k

club q

'Stop killing us': Anger and loss at vigil for LGBTQ club shooting in Colorado

22 Nov 2022

7.4k

NASA

NASA spacecraft comes within 80 miles of Moon ahead of record-breaking orbit

Updated 21 Nov 2022

18.6k

Artemis

NASA successfully launches new powerful rocket heading for the Moon

16 Nov 2022

11.0k

FactCheck

Debunk: No, these maps don't show large areas of Irish cities that 'could be underwater’ by 2050

11 Nov 2022

44.0k

COP27

Joe Biden tells COP27 that the 'very life of the planet' is at stake in climate crisis

11 Nov 2022

4.4k

Avian Flu

UK's 'largest ever outbreak of bird flu' prompts legal order to keep poultry indoors

31 Oct 2022

14.9k

interesting moove

New Zealand proposes taxing cow burps as part of plan to tackle climate change

11 Oct 2022

18.4k

good brews

Drinking two to three cups of coffee a day linked with longer lifespan, research suggests

27 Sep 2022

18.6k

Out of this World

Jupiter should be visibile tonight as it comes closest to Earth in 60 years

26 Sep 2022

46.3k

vaccine rollout

New Omicron-specific vaccines to be rolled out as boosters from next month, Health Minister says

16 Sep 2022

19.7k

Space Oddity

'Fireball' spotted crossing the sky over Ireland and UK last night likely to be space debris

15 Sep 2022

26.4k

Paris Agreement

Humanity 'heading into uncharted territory of destruction' due to climate change, says UN

13 Sep 2022

8.2k

Jabs

European Medicines Agency approves first Omicron-specific Covid vaccines

Updated 1 Sep 2022

15.7k

NASA

Lunchbox-sized instrument successfully generates oxygen on Mars

1 Sep 2022

16.5k

Artemis 1

NASA will try again to launch its new Moon rocket on Saturday

31 Aug 2022

7.7k

Space

Nasa's 'most powerful rocket' set for launch of Artemis 1 moon mission

27 Aug 2022

17.4k

Energy Crisis

Ireland could be 'almost 100% dependent' on UK for gas supplies by 2026

25 Aug 2022

20.8k

Podcast

The Explainer: Is Ireland facing the threat of winter power blackouts?

19 Aug 2022

9.3k

FactCheck

Debunked: Yes, cows are a 'problem' when it comes to cutting greenhouse gas emissions

19 Aug 2022

47.3k

Covid-19

Hundreds of thousands of Long Covid sufferers could cripple health service says Denis Naughten

15 Aug 2022

27.3k

Transport

The Glider: Could Belfast's tram-like bendy bus be the model for other Irish cities?

14 Aug 2022

42.7k

FactCheck

Debunked: It is misleading to claim that 30-degree heat is 'normal' during an Irish summer

13 Aug 2022

28.7k

monkeypox

Number of Irish monkeypox cases rises to 101

10 Aug 2022

11.7k

Climate Change

2022 had lowest extent of Antarctic sea ice on record for any July

9 Aug 2022

9.8k

Rio de Janeiro

Conjoined twins with fused brains successfully separated in Brazil

1 Aug 2022

33.0k

the explainer

The Explainer: What do the recent extreme temperatures tell us about future Irish summers?

21 Jul 2022

4.4k

Evening Wrap

The 5 at 5 Five minutes, five stories, five o’clock…

20 Jul 2022

10.9k

Human Tissue Bill

'It's very worrying': Frustration as Dáil term ends without action on opt-out organ donation

20 Jul 2022

18.1k

Public Health

WHO to decide if monkeypox is a global emergency as Ireland records 10 more cases

15 Jul 2022

16.7k

Outbreak

Recent decline in childhood vaccinations reaching crisis point, UN says

15 Jul 2022

9.6k

British Medical Journal

World Health Organization advises against use of two drugs for non-severe Covid-19

14 Jul 2022

18.5k

infinity and beyond

Nasa has released the clearest-ever photo of galaxies in deep space

12 Jul 2022

24.8k

FactCheck

Debunked: TikTok videos touting unproven and potentially dangerous 'herbal abortion' methods

11 Jul 2022

15.3k

FactCheck

Debunked: The pain from a kick in the testicles is not the same as giving birth to 160 children at once

1 Jul 2022

562k

Change Of Mind

Austria to scrap controversial mandatory Covid vaccination

23 Jun 2022

7.6k