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When Forty Winks fail
Tuesday, 2 Mar, 2010 – 14:02 | No Comment
When Forty Winks fail

Ekaterina Tikhoniouk investigates the world of sleep disorders and finds some funny – and some not-so-funny – consequences of not getting a regular night’s sleep

The truth will out
Tuesday, 2 Mar, 2010 – 14:01 | 2 Comments
The truth will out

Alan Coughlan explores the furore around the MMR vaccination, and whether there is any truth to its reputed dangers

Marijuana: Friend or Foe?
Tuesday, 16 Feb, 2010 – 14:02 | 13 Comments
Marijuana: Friend or Foe?

As the global debate on marijuana legislation rages on, Ekaterina Tikhoniouk examines the merits and failings of one of the world’s favourite recreational drugs

Stock up your wine cellar before it’s too late
Tuesday, 16 Feb, 2010 – 14:01 | Comments Off
Stock up your wine cellar before it’s too late

Global warming has the potential to scorching our fine wine industry, reports Caitríona Farrell

Homeo-phobic
Tuesday, 16 Feb, 2010 – 14:01 | 3 Comments
Homeo-phobic

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

Why can’t we just be friends?
Tuesday, 2 Feb, 2010 – 14:02 | Comments Off
Why can’t we just be friends?

Ekaterina Tikhoniouk wonders if there’s truth in the opinion that men and women can’t ‘just be friends’

Netbooks and left hooks: tech in 2010
Tuesday, 2 Feb, 2010 – 14:01 | Comments Off
Netbooks and left hooks: tech in 2010

With the first month of 2010 already spawning a new breed of portable computer, Seán Mc Kernan asks what the remainder of 2010 has to offer in the world of technology

Unravelling the web
Tuesday, 2 Feb, 2010 – 14:01 | Comments Off
Unravelling the web

Comparing spiders to lions and webs to their dynasties, Caitríona Farrell investigates the science behind spinning a web

New light on Earth’s energy crisis
Tuesday, 24 Nov, 2009 – 14:02 | Comments Off
New light on Earth’s energy crisis

Caitríona Farrell reports on new solar energy techniques that borrow from Mother Nature’s own energy systems

Software Piracy: trouble on the high seas
Tuesday, 24 Nov, 2009 – 14:01 | Comments Off
Software Piracy: trouble on the high seas

As over a million Xboxes are rendered obsolete after being modified to play counterfeit games, Sean Mc Kernan asks if the war on software piracy has gone too far