Hopefully everyone has adjusted after that one hour less in bed on Sunday and we can all look forward to brighter, longer evenings now that we have made the switch to IST, Irish Standard or …
From experiments on prisoners to instilling fear into a nine-month-old child, Alan Coughlan investigates the darker side of scientific endeavour.
Are you an Ophiuchan? Alan Coughlan looks into the implications of the recently introduced thirteenth star sign
Does the oil industry really deserve the bad image it has been receiving of late? Alan Coughlan investigates the dirty world of energy production
We hear extensively about swine flu in the media, but what is the actual extent of its effects? Alan Coughlan gives a personal account of the disease.
Electric cars have, for many years now, been the way of the future. So why aren’t they popular yet, asks Alan Coughlan
The history of how humans came to view evolution is steeped in intrigue and the theory of intelligent design constitutes its latest chapter, writes Alan Coughlan
From the shady to the downright copycats, the origins of many famous inventors most venerated ideas seem questionable at best, writes Alan Coughlan
Chinese astronaut Zhai Zhigang goes for a spacewalk.
The space race is intensifying and China seems to be many people’s favourites to reach Mars first, writes Science, Health and Technology Editor Alan Coughlan.
Just how reliable is forensic science? Alan Coughlan weighs up the pros and cons of this phenomenon
Alan Coughlan shows us why we must start to question the common beliefs around us
Alan Coughlan explores the furore around the MMR vaccination, and whether there is any truth to its reputed dangers
It’s one of medicine’s most hotly-debated topics – can ‘the memory of water’ really hold the cure to healing the body? Alan Coughlan investigates the controversial world of homeopathy
