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EXPLAINED: How the moon could have been formed

Scientists have used the most detailed supercomputer simulations yet to reveal an alternative explanation for the moon’s origin. The study suggests a giant impact could have formed a moon-like body more rapidly, placing it into orbit around the ...

05 Oct 2022 at 12:22

National News

Taoiseach to visit Creeslough explosion survivors in hospital

An Taoiseach, Micheál Martin, has met with some family members of those killed in Friday’s horror explosion in Creeslough. Mr Martin travelled to Donegal on Saturday and visited the site of the blast, which claimed ten lives, including a ...

09 Oct 2022 at 11:05

Rugby

Rugby chiefs urged to eliminate contact training to reduce motor neurone disease risk

Rugby authorities have been told they should look to end contact training and reduce the global calendar after a study revealed evidence of considerably increased risk of motor neurone disease among former players. A study led by the ...

05 Oct 2022 at 10:52

Arts & Entertainment

'I've had a blast' - University Challenge host to step down after 28 years

Jeremy Paxman is stepping down as the host of University Challenge after 28 years, the BBC has announced. He has presented the quiz show since 1994 and will film his last episode in autumn, with his final series of the programme ...

16 Aug 2022 at 13:37

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EXPLAINED: How dogs can sniff out the scent of stress

Better known for their drug and explosive detecting skills, new research now suggests dogs can smell stress from human sweat and breath. According to the scientists, the skill could be useful when training service dogs and ...

29 Sept 2022 at 12:58

Arts & Entertainment

Scientists discover new evidence of liquid water on Mars

Scientists have discovered new evidence suggesting there could be liquid water on Mars. The study, led by the University of Cambridge, provides the first independent line of evidence using data other than radar, that ...

29 Sept 2022 at 17:28

Arts & Entertainment

EXPLAINED: How dinosaurs evolved different eye socket shapes to allow stronger bites

Large dinosaur predators, such as Tyrannosaurus rex, evolved different shapes of eye sockets so they could have stronger bites, a new study suggests. Although the eye socket is just a hole in the skull housing the ...

12 Aug 2022 at 11:19

Arts & Entertainment

Extra-terrestrial water found for first time in meteorite

Extra-terrestrial water has been found for the first time in a meteorite that has fallen in the UK. The Winchcombe meteorite, which crashed into a driveway in the Gloucestershire town last February, is also ...

19 Sept 2022 at 13:40

National News

New £25m film studio to be built in Northern Ireland

A new £25 million film studio complex specialising in cutting-edge virtual production techniques is to be built in Belfast. Studio Ulster will be constructed at Giant’s Park in the north of the city, on ...

20 Sept 2022 at 17:47

National News

STUDENT GUIDE: 8 things not to bring to university

As new students head off to university for the first time, both they and their parents will be hoping they have packed everything they will need in the months ahead. But it’s also important to be clear ...

20 Sept 2022 at 12:21

Irish toddler killed by car while on holiday

National News

British toddler killed by car while on Irish holiday

An Irish toddler was killed by a car while with his family in Co Roscommon. It is understood that the boy, who was under the age of two, had been staying at a property with his parents. A local said ...

23 Aug 2022 at 12:45

National News

Man and woman drown while swimming off Co Kerry coast

Two people have drowned while swimming off the coast of Co Kerry. The two people, a man and a woman aged in their 50s, died following the incident just off the coast of Ballybunion beach at around ...

04 Aug 2022 at 22:37

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