Last wilderness areas on earth disappearing at rapid rate - study

10 per cent of the earth’s wilderness which serves as a brake to effects of climate change has been lost since the 1990s

The country on track to eliminate cervical cancer

In a decade, the disease could effectively be eliminated as a public health problem in Australia

Expert: vaccination can end cervical cancer within 20 years

Creator of HPV vaccine hopes crisis will encourage parents to have children immunised

The crystals that could help predict volcanic eruptions

Scientists based in Ireland and Australia discover crystals deep within earth surface

Céad míle fáilte? Returning Irish face college fees of up to €22,000 a year

Emigrants who left during the recession say they are being deterred from returning due to high fees

Australian teenager’s feet left inexplicably bloodied after swim

Experts dumbfounded after boy’s feet covered in what looked like hundreds of little pin holes

Ads against same-sex marriage caused distress to LGBTI people

The first study into the negative social and psychological impact of the No campaign in Ireland

First mammal to go extinct due to climate change – report

Australian rodent was known to have lived only on Bramble Cay in Great Barrier Reef

Fish can recognise human faces, research shows

Archerfish are able to identify faces they have seen before, according to new study

New opportunities exist in context of changing climate

Humans have managed to change the atmosphere on a global scale, and as a result the planet is warming up

Condoms made with Australian spinifex grass to be ‘as thin as human hair’

The latex condoms do not lose durability despite being 30% thinner than existing products

MH370: experts in France begin examination of debris

Identification of aircraft part washed up on Réunion island could happen this week

You can’t put a price on the oceans. Or can you?

A marine scientist has placed a ‘minimum figure’ on the value of the seven seas in an effort to revive conservation. But isn’t the monetisation of nature a risky business?

Type 1 diabetes more dangerous for women, study finds

Researchers say risk of strokes and dying from disease greater in female patients

Are technology-free bedrooms key to a successful relationship?

Researchers believe finding a balance between your gadgets and other half is the secret to happiness

Spiders and the sea open new doors to drug discovery

Drug pipelines have dried up across the world, and scientists warn that we could be facing an era without antibiotics. Thankfully, ‘nature is a great mother of invention’

Education league tables having ‘detrimental’ effect

Social scientists tells Maynooth conference policy should not be ‘solely based on data’

Walk a crooked mile: the perils of using a phone while you stroll

An Australian study has found that using a phone has an effect on gait

Warning over rise in ADHD misdiagnosis

Call for ‘conservative diagnosis’ after guidelines for disorder changed

Geriatric care a whizz in Oz

A Trinity world first for a blob of bitumen

Sparking public interest over the world’s oldest scientific experiments

Unexpected dream debut for Tom Court as Lions continue their winning ways against Melbourne Rebels

Loose-head prop was on a family holiday to Brisbane when he received a dramatic call-up to join the tourists’ squad

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