Eureka moment

Teaching of science must be recalibrated

Irish second-level education needs far more investment in professional technical skills and laboratory facilities

Flush of excitement at sewage fuel cell

Human waste transformed into useful hydrogen gas

Blobfish voted world’s ugliest creature

British Science Festival announces result of public vote on most aesthetically challenged specimens

Gaming simulation hopes to reduce life expectancy gap

Living a few miles apart can have a decade difference in how long people lead active lives

Technology to monitor cyclists with diabetes on 2,000km trip

Sensors embedded in athletes’ abdominal fat help to gather date for researchers

Academics warned not to be ‘seduced’ by cosmetic industry claims, reviewing instead the ‘science bit’

‘Immortal’ Irish marine animal provides hope for research into ageing

Hydractinia echinata has the power to regenerate any lost body part, can clone itself and does not age biologically

Dublin couple who were left with ‘mess’ after employing builder awarded damages