An Irishman’s Diary

Our way of life exerts incredible selection pressures on the natural world

Cambridge University Library says notebooks could be worth millions of pounds

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

Network could advise government on viruses, climate change and water supply issues

Michael Viney: Plant intelligence rests in the ways by which they solve their problems

Needs of English and French clubs must be placed second to the international game

In part two of his travelogue, Peter Murtagh tries to finds a way out of southern Chile

William Reville: We have good reason to be proud of our European heritage

Litany of names in shipping forecast soothes some but can irritate others

Unthinkable: Sasha Sagan, daughter of cosmologist Carl Sagan, believes feast days are indispensable

Open your eyes, and kitchen units, to new colour combinations

Ireland’s attacking philosophy is outdated as they fail to evolve from the highs of 2018

Trinity professor Luke O’Neill has written a new book. Now three kids visit the lab to interview him

From cells and DNA to cloning and biochemistry, here are life’s milestones

Certain species can use gossamer threads and planet’s electrical field to take flight

Darwin took it handy, so did Dickens – why 80-hour weeks are unproductive

Certainly, smiling gives wellbeing benefits both to the smiler and the receiver

Life on other planets may not be carbon- and water-based but the familiar principles of natural selection will almost certainly apply

Wakatobi white-eye and Wangi-wangi white-eye found by Irish team in Indonesia