• Life, the universe and everything

  Leading astronomers are in Dublin next week with the latest cosmological findings, reports Dick Ahlstrom p
  

• Going for gold

  Ireland is about to host Europe's first science Olympiad, testing students' knowledge of physics, chemistry and biology, writes Dick Ahlstrom p
  

• Light fantastic

  An Irish physicist has moved to Nevada to do experiments that could help our understanding of deep space. Dick Ahlstrom reports p
  

• Everything stops for the laws of science

  UNDER THE MICROSCOPE: The pithy remark that there is no such thing as a free lunch is a comment on charitable social work, but it also applies in the scientific realm. One of the oldest dreams of the inventor, and one that continues to fascinate many, is the concept of the perpetual motion machine, writes Dr William Reville p
  

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