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Stigma

WHO to create new name for monkeypox to avoid discrimination

15 Jun 2022

21.7k

watchful eye

Parents of Irish teenage Instagram users can now supervise their child's account

14 Jun 2022

9.8k

Space

Nasa to launch three rockets from private Australian space port

8 Jun 2022

10.6k

Investigation

Over the Hill: Persistent overgrazing causing 'devastation' in vulnerable habitats

5 Jun 2022

22.9k

Virus

NI Public Health Agency confirms first case of monkeypox in Northern Ireland

Updated 26 May 2022

32.4k

omicron

A new Covid variant of concern has been detected in Ireland - what do we know about it?

23 May 2022

35.1k

Sea Levels

Climate change indicators hit record highs in 2021, UN warns

18 May 2022

6.5k

houston we have a plant

Scientists successfully grow plants in soil from the moon

13 May 2022

10.7k

Twitter

EU warns Elon Musk that Twitter will still have to obey its new Big Tech laws

Updated 26 Apr 2022

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Coronavirus

Longest known Covid-19 infection lasted 505 days, study finds

22 Apr 2022

25.2k

CLIMATE CRISIS

How can citizens take climate action? Avoid long-haul flights and eat less meat, UN experts say

4 Apr 2022

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CLIMATE CRISIS

'We're at a crossroads': Major UN climate report charts pathways to save the planet

4 Apr 2022

21.1k

Not too late

UN report to lay out the last-ditch choices still open to the world to stop the climate crisis

4 Apr 2022

10.5k

Podcast

The Explainer: How secure is Ireland’s food supply?

24 Mar 2022

5.5k

coronavirus newsletter

The new Covid antibody and antiviral treatments currently (or imminently) available in Ireland

9 Mar 2022

21.2k

CLIMATE CRISIS

Amazon rainforest reaching ‘tipping point’ faster than expected, research shows

7 Mar 2022

18.4k

Vaccines

European Medicines Agency recommends Pfizer booster for children over 12

24 Feb 2022

6.6k

Frances Haugen

Facebook whistleblower tells TDs that harm from metaverse 'could be worse'

23 Feb 2022

22.7k

The Morning Lead

Breaking the Banks: 'Vicious circle' of public works 'degrading' Ireland's rivers

20 Feb 2022

32.6k

Northern Ireland

Ending of Covid rules in NI is ‘not freedom day’, chief scientific adviser warns

15 Feb 2022

6.0k

USA

US intelligence says directed energy could explain so-called 'Havana syndrome'

3 Feb 2022

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Study claims reluctance to get Covid-19 vaccine may be linked to childhood trauma

2 Feb 2022

18.7k

wildlife

Monkey, gecko and succulent bamboo among 224 new species found in Greater Mekong

26 Jan 2022

18.0k

FactCheck

FactCheck: Did a study say anyone who's had a cold is sufficiently protected against Covid-19?

21 Jan 2022

24.9k

Olympic Games

Beijing reports first local Omicron case ahead of Winter Olympics

16 Jan 2022

13.9k

Climate Change

Climate change’s adverse effects on health starts in the womb, studies find

15 Jan 2022

16.4k

Pregnancy

Covid placentitis: Four more stillbirths and two babies' deaths reported in Ireland

13 Jan 2022

44.8k

covid rules

Govt advised to scrap confirmatory PCR tests for those with positive antigens

Updated 11 Jan 2022

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Medical first

US surgeons transplant pig heart into human patient

10 Jan 2022

42.9k

Thwaites Glacier

Scientists begin mission to explore Antarctica’s ‘doomsday’ glacier

6 Jan 2022

28.8k

Sumatran orangutan

Endangered orangutan gives birth to healthy infant in New Orleans zoo

28 Dec 2021

22.1k

RIP

Pioneering US biologist Edward O Wilson dies aged 92

27 Dec 2021

16.8k

Covid-19

Omicron less severe but large case numbers may see hospitalisations increase, says UK health agency

23 Dec 2021

19.8k

Novavax

EU health watchdog approves fifth Covid vaccine

Updated 20 Dec 2021

42.3k

covid vaccines

Ireland to donate up to three million vaccines to Covax initiative

14 Dec 2021

14.7k

Discovery

Nasa’s newest X-ray telescope rockets into orbit

10 Dec 2021

7.2k

European Medicines Agency

EU watchdog says Omicron 'mostly mild' as WHO warns on vaccine hoarding

9 Dec 2021

20.7k

European Medicines Agency

EMA approves two new antibody treatments to stop Covid-19 patients developing symptoms

11 Nov 2021

17.8k

Emissions

Dáil hears there are 'no proposals' to cull cattle as 80 countries sign pledge to cut methane

Updated 2 Nov 2021

19.6k

fishing row

‘Intensive’ talks to be held in fishing row after French back down on threats against UK

2 Nov 2021

8.5k