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In late January and early February this year at least 29 young male Sperm Whales were migrating south from sub-polar waters when, for some unknown reason, they wandered into shallow waters in the North Sea. Reuters quotes Stephen March, the…

Ups and downs at the LHC Don't they look happy! It’s been an exciting few weeks over at CERN. After a scheduled 2 year downtime, the Large Hadron Collider was due to restart last week, but the momentous occasion was delayed by a short…

The newest addition to Dublin Zoo is a brilliant bright green python which can be seen by visitors to the zoo for the first time this weekend. In the wild the Green Tree Python, or Morelia viridis, live in the rainforests of New Guinea and…

Back away from the mascara A new study has found out not only what eyelashes are for, but what their optimal length is. The research, published last month in The Royal Society’s Journal, Interface, found having eyelash length which is 1/3…

 James Watson will sell his Nobel Prize medal to get a bit of cash. Watson, who won the Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine in 1962 alongside Francis Crick and Maurice Wilkins, has decided to sell his Nobel Prize medal at auction in New…