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Science

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second sight
Breakthrough as 'bionic eye' restores sight in blind patients
5 Jul 2015
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In Your DNA
Humans are now taller and smarter than ever before
5 Jul 2015
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brickies
This robot can build a house in just two days
4 Jul 2015
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Opinion
The food sector wants to sell us more for greater profits – but we need to consume less
Ross Golden-Bannon
30 Jun 2015
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grand stretch
Your day will be one second longer tomorrow
29 Jun 2015
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Space race
Russia's secret space shuttles have been sitting in plain sight for 22 years
28 Jun 2015
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Cape Canaveral
A space rocket has exploded on a routine cargo mission
28 Jun 2015
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Opinion
For all its technological wizardry, there is a terrifying blandness about modern food
Michael Kelly
27 Jun 2015
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back in the water
After a FOURTH shark attack this month, some Americans are freaking out
26 Jun 2015
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Yuck
An 8-year-old girl busted the McDonald's burger 'no rot' myth
25 Jun 2015
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Safe sex
Teenagers invent a condom that changes colour if you have an STI
24 Jun 2015
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the slide
Is this the hoverboard we've all been waiting for?
24 Jun 2015
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Miracle
An ancient Chinese medicine could help treat MS and diabetes
22 Jun 2015
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Moider
Committing a murder will make your heart race and blood pump
22 Jun 2015
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Opinion
Think you're too 'time poor' to grow your own food? Think again...
Michael Kelly
21 Jun 2015
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You Don't Get The Horn
An Irish-backed company is making rhino horns to stop poaching
21 Jun 2015
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So Long World
Bad news: the human race is at risk of extinction
20 Jun 2015
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Seconds to spare
This year will be one second longer than normal
20 Jun 2015
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Opinion
Drop dead gorgeous: Do you know what's in your cosmetics?
Fiann Ó Nualláin
20 Jun 2015
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lithopedion
Doctors find 92-year-old woman has been bearing a mummified fetus for 50 years
19 Jun 2015
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smashing the mercury
So far, 2015 has been the hottest year since records began
19 Jun 2015
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London
A museum is battling moths by turning them gay
19 Jun 2015
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global drug survey
Of 23,000 who say they took MDMA, 202 ended up in hospital
18 Jun 2015
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column
Pope Francis will make powerful enemies tomorrow by releasing a radical new document
John Gibbons
17 Jun 2015
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only a flesh wound
Meet the most chill shark attack victim you're ever likely to see
17 Jun 2015
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an unpleasant time
Stephen Hawking explains what would happen if Dara Ó Briain jumped in a Black Hole
16 Jun 2015
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out of date
Do best before dates actually matter?
14 Jun 2015
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distant comet
After a seven month nap, the tiny Philae probe has woken up and made contact
14 Jun 2015
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It's Pronounced Nuc-ular
Remember iodine tablets? You won't be getting them again
14 Jun 2015
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grab your sick bags
Locked, upright position: The Dreamliner's near-vertical takeoff is amazing (and terrifying)
12 Jun 2015
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so it's come to this
Global warming means polar bears are now eating dolphins for the first time ever
12 Jun 2015
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going to plan
World's first penis transplant patient 'to become a father'
12 Jun 2015
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scientific chauvinism
The Nobel Prize-winner who told us about his 'trouble with girls' has quit his job
11 Jun 2015
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Mad Yokes
Chimpanzees have sessions, get drunk, go for a lie down - new study
10 Jun 2015
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FINDING NEEMO
Scientists have built a lab 62 feet under the sea - but they aren't using it to explore the ocean
10 Jun 2015
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Breakthrough
Woman gives birth to baby using ovarian tissue frozen when she was a child
10 Jun 2015
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less than nobel
This Nobel Prize winner just apologised for saying all women in laboratories cry when criticised
10 Jun 2015
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Don't Worry Be Happy
10 changes to make in your 30s to set yourself up for lifelong success
7 Jun 2015
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social norms
Women don't mind if men are ugly, as long as they don't misbehave
7 Jun 2015
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Scrub Up
Do astronauts shower while they're in space?
7 Jun 2015
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