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Woman becomes world's first to give birth after heart transplant
TCD researchers discover how MRSA bacterium is carried in human nose
Good news: Irish scientists to play key role in giant €1 billion project
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'Hybrid wing' plane uses half the fuel of a standard aeroplane
Dutch architect to build house with 3D printer
17 equations that changed the course of humanity
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Russia plans unmanned moon mission in 2015
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Three Kinsale teens win at BT Young Scientist Exhibition
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Scientists look at weather to predict illness outbreaks
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NASA considering plan to drag an asteroid into lunar orbit
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Newborn calves to undergo mandatory tests for bovine diarrhoea
100 million neon orange shellfish found in Scottish waters
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How 20,000 pounds of potatoes brought wi-fi to airplanes
You made it: Earth successfully survives predicted Mayan apocalypse
Tweets, tablets and patents: 2012 in tech
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