How Irish scientist John Tyndall supercharged the modern debate on consciousness in lecture 150 years ago
Tyndall contended there was no point in the history of the cosmos when ‘creative acts’ of a ‘deity’ were required
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Ah, lads, you couldn’t be more Irish if you were tipping Revenue off about a neighbour’s tax affairs
Patrick Freyne: All that’s left for Ant and Dec to do is drink red lemonade from an old Tayto bag
The Botanic Gardens and me: Conor Pope traces his family tree through the Gardens’ history
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Ian O’Riordan: Following JM Synge’s footsteps over his beloved native terrain
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Another Life: Plants capable of adapting behaviour to survive
Michael Viney: ‘Within hours it had grown another 8cm or so, curving to tighten its grip’
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An evolving situation: How humans force plants and animals to change
Our way of life exerts incredible selection pressures on the natural world
Precious Charles Darwin notebooks reported stolen
Cambridge University Library says notebooks could be worth millions of pounds
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
Science advice network needed to inform government, RIA says
Network could advise government on viruses, climate change and water supply issues
Does it matter whether my plants listen to Mozart or Bach?
Michael Viney: Plant intelligence rests in the ways by which they solve their problems
Matt Williams: The economic earthquake for European rugby is coming
Needs of English and French clubs must be placed second to the international game
A journey through the Americas: Is this the end of the road?
In part two of his travelogue, Peter Murtagh tries to finds a way out of southern Chile
Dead white men: What have they ever done for us?
William Reville: We have good reason to be proud of our European heritage
Why humans can survive without religion but not rituals
Unthinkable: Sasha Sagan, daughter of cosmologist Carl Sagan, believes feast days are indispensable
New hues for kitchens: five colours to try on your cupboards
Open your eyes, and kitchen units, to new colour combinations
Matt Williams: Ireland’s Japan defeat a victory for rugby
Ireland’s attacking philosophy is outdated as they fail to evolve from the highs of 2018
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Trinity professor Luke O’Neill has written a new book. Now three kids visit the lab to interview him
Story of life: Seven wonders of biological research
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How ballooning spiders fly through the sky
Certain species can use gossamer threads and planet’s electrical field to take flight
Bragging about working long hours isn’t big and it isn’t clever
Darwin took it handy, so did Dickens – why 80-hour weeks are unproductive
Can the effects of a great smile really be better than sex?
Certainly, smiling gives wellbeing benefits both to the smiler and the receiver
How to recognise alien life
Life on other planets may not be carbon- and water-based but the familiar principles of natural selection will almost certainly apply
Birds of a feather: Two new species discovered by Trinity zoologists
Wakatobi white-eye and Wangi-wangi white-eye found by Irish team in Indonesia
Brexit’s most disturbing aspect is the casual adoption of extremist views
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