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Science

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Scientists create most detailed map ever of human brain
38 people dead from the 'new SARS' - and we're not sure how it spreads
Ireland a "rising star" for scientific research
NASA to take a photo of the Earth from Saturn
Women in areas of high air pollution more likely to have autistic babies
Toddlers' speech is far more advanced than previously thought
These people are NASA's eight new astronauts
Safety warning over giving codeine tablets to under-18s
Living in a remote part of the world? Google wants to get internet access to you with balloons
Rewrite the textbooks: new layer of human eye discovered
Electronic cigarettes to be sold as over-the-counter medicines in the UK
Frozen berries blamed for California man's Hepatitis A
Concerns over use of electroshock therapy on non-consenting patients
A daily tablet can protect those who inject drugs from HIV
Sperm from anxious dads produces stress-ready children
US wildlife agency to list all chimpanzees as endangered
Obesity can be predicted in two-month old babies
Irish men more likely to get cancer and die from it than women
Humans might never have existed if it wasn't for falling meteorites
Researchers unveil 'invisibility cloak' big enough to cover a human
Aging Mars rover makes new water discoveries
294 deaths may have been caused by Irish... heatwaves
Medieval Irish monk diaries hold clue to volcano eruption question
Will the new iPhone be curved, have fingerprint scanning and look like this?
Scientists control helicopter - using only their minds
In photos: European Space Expo opens at TCD
Some women last over an hour, others can only stand 10 mins
58 years after dying, Albert Einstein is still discovering planets (sort of)
Longer use of breast cancer drug halves the risk of death
Giant flourescent pink slug discovered in Australia
Drug offers first hope for advanced cervical cancer
Painkillers can increase your risk of heart attacks, strokes and death
Chris Hadfield's replacements to study plants and fire in space
Finding love (or lust) in 4 minutes: The science of speed dating
Scientists discover new reason why humans began walking on two feet
Did you see a fireball blazing across Ireland on Wednesday night?
Scientists have figured out what caused the Irish Famine
€4.4m to assist horticulture producers after 'exceptionally wet weather'
University of Limerick scientists invent new metal to 'significantly reduce patient trauma'
Blind people have the potential to use their 'inner bat' to locate objects