The Irish Times - Science Today http://www.irishtimes.com Articles from The Irish Times - Science Today en-ie Copyright 2009, irishtimes.com. The Irish Times 2009-11-05T00:00:00 irishtimes.com http://www.irishtimes.com/ http://www.irishtimes.com/feeds/rss/rss_logo.gif Search The Irish Times Search for articles on irishtimes.com keywords http://www.irishtimes.com/search/index.html?rm=listresults 'Genomic zoo' plan unveiled http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/sciencetoday/2009/1105/1224258087405.html AN INTERNATIONAL team of scientists has embarked on one of the most ambitious research projects yet attempted in evolutionary biology. They plan to map the genomes of 10,000 vertebrate animals including fish, birds, reptiles, amphibians and mammals, and in the process create a “genomic zoo”, writes DICK AHLSTROM Text Science Today TopStories 2009-11-05T00:00:00 1224258087405 Secrets of ancient fossils revealed by Irish scientist http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/sciencetoday/2009/1105/1224258087391.html AN IRISH SCIENTIST has successfully recovered preserved muscle tissue from an 18 million-year-old fossilised salamander. The work raises the possibility of finding soft tissue on any fossilised bones, even dinosaurs, writes DICK AHLSTROM Text Science Today TopStories 2009-11-05T00:00:00 1224258087391 When is a theory not a theory? http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/sciencetoday/2009/1105/1224258087363.html THE TERM “conspiracy theory” commonly means a fringe theory that explains an event as the secret machinations of powerful Machiavellian conspirators. The modern popularity of such theories dates from the conspiracy theory that arose in the 1960s around the assassination of JFK. Mainstream opinion looks on conspiracy theories with a jaundiced eye and often ridicules them. Of course genuine conspiracies do exist, for example Abraham Lincoln died as a result of a conspiracy. And George Bernard Shaw said, “All professions are conspiracies against the laity”. Text Science Today TopStories 2009-11-05T00:00:00 1224258087363 Boyle Medal winner's lecture http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/sciencetoday/2009/1105/1224258087377.html THE WINNER of the 2009 RDS Irish TimesBoyle Medal for Scientific Excellence does not beat around the bush. He firmly believes that science can save the world. Text Science Today TopStories 2009-11-05T00:00:00 1224258087377 On the Radar http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/sciencetoday/2009/1105/1224258087426.html The pick of the science news Text Science Today TopStories 2009-11-05T00:00:00 1224258087426