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Science Spin May 2013
Big discovery from little fliesImmunology owes a lot to fundamental research, and who could have predicted that looking at fruit flies would produce such significant results.Weird and wonderful animalsAlthough diversity is in decline there are still share the planet with many remarkable species. There is more to wildlife than tigers ...
Science Spin March 2013
DIGITAL EDITIONTo view the digital edition on your PC, Mac or tablet simply click on the cover image.3D or not 3DThe ability to print in 3D opens up a whole new approach to manufacturing one-off products. High precision on any scale elaborate designs are not a problem, and the cost ...
Science Spin January 2013
TellusIn the Tellus Border project ground and aerial surveying of Ireland's border counties has provided us with an in-depth knowledge of the landscape. As Anthea Lacchia reports, results from low-flying aircraft equipped with special sensors has been combined with soil and water analysis on the ground.HurricanesMargaret Franklin wonders if violent ...
Science Spin November 2012
To read and view Science Spin on an iPad or Android device just click on the link below -- Science Spin 55Star dustBefore we had all the elements that we need for life stars had to die. Without supernovae we could not have come into existence.Predicting quakesAs the Earth's great ...
Science Spin September 2012
To view on iPad or Android device click the link belowScience spin 54 Higgs BosonRecreating the sort of conditions that existed just after the Big Bang helps to explain how the Universe came into being, and discovering the Higgs Boson means that we have found a way to explain why there ...
Science Spin July 2012
To view on an iPad or Android device click on the link belowSpin 53 What’s on at ESOF City of ScienceAnthea Lacchia takes a look at what’s on the agenda for Europe's biggest sience event.Getting close up to SaturnIt took the Cessani space craft seven years to reach Saturn, and since ...
Science Spin April 2012
To view on an iPad or Android device click on the link belowSpin 52 Dangerous knowledgeCan fear be more dangerous than knowledge? Scientist, Roy Sleator, argues that a recent decision to hold back on publishing details of an experiment involving genetic modification of a flu virus, because it was considered dangerous, ...
Science Spin February 2012
LichensAdding splashes of colour to walls and rocks, lichens are familiar to everyone, yet how many of realise that there are over 1,200 different types in Ireland? Lichens are an oddity in that they are two or even three different species living in such close harmony that they are, to ...
Science Spin January 2012
Science for lifeWhat is it like to work in science? People who have chosen to follow a career in science talk about their experience.Young scienceDr How looks at the science of sound, and Science Spin takes a glance back at last year’s BT Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition.City of Science2012 ...
Science Spin November 2011
Prehistory on viewThe first people to inhabit Europe left hundreds of impressive impressions, and in the shelter of a Dordogne valley they were able to survive through the Ice Ages hunting animals that since become extinct. Gold FrenzyIn 1895 Ireland has its own gold rush as people frantically scrambled to find ...
Science Spin September 2011
Wasp warsHow can wasps be so aggressive to outsiders, while maintaining peace at home. A scientists who has spent 40 years studying paper-making wasps found that they have built-in conflict resolution and it is impossible for the queen to have a rival.Fracking fearsIf gas lying below Lough Allen could be ...
Science Spin July 2011
Getting smarterIs meditation the way to enter a higher state? Veronica Miller writes that we might not all be on the same wavelength, and our brains have fast processing resources that can be used to develop exceptional abilities.Recovering from a nuclear pastFollowing years of nuclear bomb testing, the newly independent ...
Science Spin May 2011
The balanced brainIn part eight of our ongoing series, Veronica Miller looks at how movement and balance has a lot to do with the twelve, common sense, bundles of nerves in one of the oldest parts of the brain.City of Science 2012Europe's biggest showcase for science will be a national ...
Science Spin March 2011
Click on cover to viewDoes watching others make us human?Tracing the origins of human intelligence and how animals may be smarter than we think.Sleep, biorhythms and the brain.In our ongoing series on how the brain works, Veronica Miller explains why shift work is not good for our health.Mapping rocks in ...
Science Spin January 2011
To view digital edition click on cover Smoke and no fireWhat caused the dinosaurs to disappear? A massive asteroid impact is often thought to have suddenly wiped out life, but UCD scientist, Claire Belcher points out that the gloom that followed is more likely to have caused the mass extinction.Emotional brainVeronica ...
