Natural history – Brian Maye on pioneering zoologist Robert Patterson

An Irishman’s Diary

Designed in Ireland, assembled in Australia, pointed at the stars

In the 1860s the Dublin engineer Thomas Grubb built the world’s most advanced telescope

X-ray vision – Brian Maye on trailblazing scientist Kathleen Lonsdale

An Irishman’s Diary

Is there really one single thing called science, and has it ever been apolitical?

Science is a fairly recent invention, while ‘scientist’ was coined less then 200 years ago

Celebrating the bicentenary of John Tyndall, one of Ireland’s most influential scientists

Carlow man reached the pinnacle of 19th century science but full recognition eluded him

Distinctive history of nature literature compiled in insightful anthology

Woven Shades of Green is a ‘a generous treasury of Irish nature poetry and prose’

The Kildare woman who blazed a global trail for female scientists

Extraordinary Emigrants: Kathleen Lonsdale was the first woman professor at UCL

Animal intelligence: a controversial science

In the 19th century, George Romanes was pilloried for suggesting that the most intelligent animals could learn to form abstract ideas

Festival of Science: week-long programme