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Letter To The Editor I am writing this letter in relation to a breach by my employer of my statutory rights in relation to Maternity Leave, and suggested amendments that I feel should be included in the Shared Maternity Leave and Benefit…

Two giant stars are in the process of forming one supermassive star About 13,000 light years from where you are currently sitting, you can find the Giraffe constellation. For years, one of the brightest objects there was believed…

I can remember when I was just a whipper-snapper, my Mam would have her book of garden birds and we would spend time staring out into the back garden pointing out the several different species that resided in our humble hedges and trees. I…

I've been meaning to write some articles for HeadStuff for a while now but it seems that I just kept getting bogged down in writing as part of my PhD research. However, with the publication of my first paper from my research, I figure this…

HeadStuff held a competition in Our Lady’s College, Greenhills in Drogheda among first year art students to design a button for this short story. They created a series of mono-prints and drypoint prints (etchings).  The very high standard…

Parasitic Cuckoos Protect “step-siblings”: their stink repels predators You might have heard that certain species of cuckoo are “nest parasites”. One such species is the great spotted cuckoo (Clamator glandarius) that lays its…