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Miserable all the time? Don't worry, you can explain it away with science
A company spent nearly $100m to make their HQ look like Star Trek's Enterprise
19 of the most stunning images from Google Street View... underwater
Here's why nutritional information on children's sweets is actually for adults
Two Irish students are spending their summer with Nasa
This man has just had the world's first skull transplant
There's probably something very, very nasty on your toothbrush
This rare, massive 'sea serpent' washed up on a beach
The 'female Viagra' could be coming very soon
Simple questionnaire can predict a person's risk of dying in next five years
Stephen Hawking tells Dara O’Briain: 'I would consider assisted suicide'
If Ireland was made completely of fluffy white clouds it would look exactly like this
A study which claimed eating chocolate helps you lose weight was an elaborate hoax
Canada has told tobacco firms to pay smokers over €11 billion
The US has a (semi) official plan to deal with a zombie outbreak
A long list of everyday items that are dirtier than your toilet seat
'Spectacular' breakthrough as doctors trial drugs that could 'replace chemo in five years'
We finally know why there are holes in Swiss cheese
Babies can think before they speak
A new test can tell from your fingerprint if you've taken drugs
16 amazing photos from a penguinologist's lens
A volcano could be about to make these lizards extinct
Ads for fast food make obese kids feel like they're eating the food
This woman just met the man who took her brother's face
Obese women should lose weight before pregnancy, TCD researchers say
A herpes virus is being harnessed to battle skin cancer...
Earthquake strikes in Wales (and shakes Ireland a tiny bit)
How do you get smokers to quit? Pay them
A Beautiful Mind genius John Nash killed in car crash
Are flies afraid when you try to squash them?
Audi's new carbon fibre bike weighs about the same as a box of Rice Krispies
It rained tiny spiders in this Australian town
#Girlswithtoys is trending to show that science is not just for boys
This event wants to bring Irish research to you while you're having a pint
Most of us don't realise severe obesity is as dangerous as smoking
Scientists finally figured out why you rarely get sick in the summer
How does an earthquake happen and why do they kill people?
What makes people happy now is different to 80 years ago, but not THAT different
Performance-enhancing drugs don't actually make you better at sport
This lake completely disappears once a year