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Women need more contraception options to stop unintended pregnancies, HIV and STIs
Kickstarter is live for Irish projects so now you can support this teenage bounty hunter
These companies are designing 5G wireless that will be 1,000 times faster than 4G
Paralysed man walks again following groundbreaking surgery
Work has started on the Poolbeg incinerator - but there's already a protest planned
This year could be the hottest EVER recorded
Five new research centres on the way following €245m investment
How will 'unprecedented' levels of oil and gas exploration affect wildlife?
A huge comet that's as solid as a pile of talcum powder just buzzed by Mars
The government is spending €245 million on five world-class science centres
More antibiotics would stop rise in dangerous Strep B infections in babies - scientists
The first sex was like square-dancing in Scotland (seriously)
"We can't give in to Ebola hysteria" - Obama
Why is aeroplane food so bad?
This is the man America is trusting to stem the spread of Ebola
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Remember those people who want to live on Mars? They'd die after 68 days
This Trinity invention aims to protect the Earth from space junk
Explainer: What is this 'knowledge box' and why does Ireland want to get one?
This is what a lightning storm looks like from space
This kitchen scale probably knows more about cooking than you... and now it has more money
GenCell is only 3 years old but it has succumbed to a (very) wealthy American suitor
Samsung says it's developed WiFi technology that's five times faster
10 science 'facts' that are totally wrong
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Watch what happened when Steve Jobs introduced wi-fi to people in 1999
There's an excellent reason a blue lightbulb won a Nobel Prize this week
'Tackle Ebola now, or live with it forever'
Hackers access 100,000 Snapchat photos and they're preparing to leak them
'Worst Ebola epidemic in history': Medical experts say new treatments need to be fast-tracked
Nurse in Australia being tested for Ebola
Soon Microsoft Kinect will be able to track exact finger movements
Watch: NASA's first space walk in a year is happening above your head right now
Google is working on screens that connect together like Lego
UCC to give honorary degree to newly-crowned Nobel prize winner
Peace activist rescued after attempting to cross Caribbean in "hamster wheel"
Weird Wide Web: An apology to drag queens, a DOOM Lego masterpiece and helping you switch off
Student's high-flying weather balloon captures stunning footage from over west Kerry