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Ireland's science wildlife and discovery magazine
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Science Spin March 2010
In this issue, we launch Spin ACTIVE, a new supplement that covers applied science and the transfer of technology and results into industry. We have profiles of some of the students that took part in the BT Young Scientist & Technology Exhibition, 2010; an award winning essay, asking Who owns ...
Science Spin January 2010
Where do eels go when they are at sea, and why are their numbers in decline? Christopher Moriarty explains how a project to tag eels may help to solve these mysteries. Ireland has gone from a marine surveying 'no mark' to a world power in the space of a decade. ...
Science Spin November 2009
In this issue, we look at the growth in the application of geophysics, which makes it possible to 'look' underground for hidden archaeological features or even dead bodies - thereby removing the need to dig for information. Tom Kennedy has a report on the old lead mine at Ballycorus near ...
Science Spin September 2009
In this issue, we report on the giant waves and storms that have hit the west coast in the past. Some of these events, such as the tsunami that followed the 'Great Lisbon Earthquake' of 1755 were devastating, and caused loss of life. Elsewhere, we report on the impact that ...
Science Spin July 2009
Computers it seems have been around a lot longer than we thought. In this issue, Marie-Catherine Mousseau describes the mystery that surrounds the discovery of the world's oldest computer, which dates back to Ancient Greece. Landslides are the greatest natural hazard we face in Ireland, yet we know little about ...
Science Spin May 2009
In this issue, Irish scientist, John Paul Tiernan describes his work on the 'romantic', 'rousing' Galápagos Islands. Elsewhere we report on some close-up studies of meerkat society in the Kalahari Desert; evidence that is helping unravel the mystery of why so many creatures died out 200 million years ago; a ...
Science Spin March 2009
In this issue, we go in search of the lost dinosaurs of Africa, take a look at some space rocks that fell to Earth on Ireland over the centuries, and ask the question, Should there be any boundaries to the march of science? Elsewhere, we look at how one renowned ...
Science Spin January 2009
In this issue, we have a special supplement describing the careers of a number of scientists working in Ireland. Seán Duke reports on a technology called 'power on a chip' that promises huge energy savings in the microprocessing industry. In an issue strong on marine science, Tom Kennedy describes the ...
Science Spin November 2008
In this issue, Claire Riordan reports on harvesting molecules from the sea; and Sean Duke reports on how progress is being made on an all-island offshore map. From Clare Island, off the coast of Co Mayo, Anthony King describes what life was like in this former Gaelic stronghold. We take ...
Science Spin September 2008
In this issue, Dr Veronica Miller takes a look at the physical differences that have been found by scientists between male and female brains, and why that is important in areas such as susceptibility to disease? Some results from the latest surveys of Clare Island, one of the most intensively ...
Science Spin July 2008
In this issue, Marie-Catherine Mousseau describes the history of gold mining in Ireland, and the prospects for gold mining here following the discovery of 'recoverable' gold in county Tyrone. Meanwhile, Lenny Antonelli reports on the national biodiversity programme, which aims to find many useful new compounds in the large Irish ...
Science Spin May 2008
In this issue, Sean Duke reports on the plans to extract sand and gravel from nearshore locations in the Irish Sea, thereby cutting down on carbon emissions and costs. Now that summer is here, David Kavanagh writes that advice on getting dehydrated should be taken with a pinch of salt. ...
Science Spin March 2008
Included in this issue: Tom Kennedy reports that Ireland is well suited to extract heat from hot springs located underground. Tony McGennis, a maths teacher from Dublin, gives his perspective on the 2008 BT Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition; biologist Paul Whelan describes the science of phenology, which seeks to ...
Science Spin January 2008
In this first issue of '08, we have an extensive report from Marie-Catherine Mousseau on some interesting people that have chosen to make science their career, and some of the options available to students looking to study science at third-level. Anthony King takes a look at the ten species of ...
Science Spin November 2007
In this issue, we report on how the Red Squirrel is coming under pressure from the Grey Squirrel (introduced in 1911); how a community of huge Fin Whales has appeared somewhat mysteriously in Irish offshore waters; on the disturbing trend of falling biodiversity among plant and animal species in the ...
