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Skull discovery ‘a game changer’ in understanding of human evolution

Researchers say 3.8 million-year-old fossil sheds new light on what ancestors looked like

What’s inside a black hole? We’re looking into it

Physicist Ana Alonso-Serrano on black holes, wormholes and the multiverse theory

Heavyweight in the field of gravity research

Q&A: physicist Dr Daniele Oriti, group leader at the Max Planck Institute

Social media narrows collective attention span- study

Crisis stems from a ‘fear of missing out’ on social media and 24-hour breaking news

Continental life rich in opportunities for cancer researcher

Wild Geese: Dr Joseph Regan, research scientist with Bayer AG in Berlin

New DNA techniques will spark archeology revolution, expert says

Prof Pääbo has resurrected the Neanderthal genome by sequencing DNA from tiny bone fragments

Irish hunter-gatherers may have become ill from undercooked fish

Work on Mesolithic site shows ‘unprecedented’ insights into early Irish diet

The future of outdoor advertising includes deep learning

Researchers believe they have found solution to key problem with eye-tracking equipment

Brexit may curtail my lecturing career in the UK

UK and Irish academia offer similar ethos and salaries, but there are fewer jobs at home

Christians, Buddhists, Hindus and Muslims united on climate issues

World religions call out as one for urgent environmental care for planet Earth

A link between physics, maths and the Mayans

Prof Werner Nahm’s work in blending a rigorous mathematical discipline with theories about how the universe formed has had an international impact, and he is also an authority on Mayan texts

Astronomers discover high energy ‘super bubble’

First time super bubble linked to such high energy and seen in neighbouring galaxy

Watch this space: Lero’s software research can later apply to down-to-earth situations

The Irish software research centre has won another valuable contract with the European Space Agency

Birth of third child ‘does not make parents happier’

Age at which people become first-time parents also determines fulfilment, study shows

For bats, love is blind – and increasingly loud

A recent study of bat mating behaviour addresses the question of whether female sexual preferences for high-pitched calls can be bad for the males

Monkeys and bird brains prove power of animal learning curve

Brazilian marmosets follow virtual teacher to unlock artificial fruit

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