University Of Florida
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Significant drop in number of shark bites reported worldwide in 2018
- World
- January 29, 2019, 08:06
Researchers at a university in the United States say far fewer shark bites were reported worldwide last year. According to the University of Florida’(...)

Girl and woman critical following two shark attacks in Australia
- Asia-Pacific
- September 20, 2018, 10:42
A 12-year-old girl was attacked by a shark in waters off Australia’s tropical northeast coast on Thursday, an ambulance official said, the second atta(...)

Restricting GMOs in crops is a ‘grave mistake’ , say plant scientists
- Environment
- August 20, 2018, 00:42
Decisions by the Government and Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) to restrict novel plant-breeding techniques and use of genetically modif(...)

Tech firm TerminalFour targeting further growth in North America
- Technology
- December 21, 2017, 06:21
Irish technology firm TerminalFour experienced double-digit growth this year leading to it securing €4.2 million in new business wins. The company sa(...)

Aaron Hernandez case shows gridiron ‘destroys brains’
- Other Sports
- November 15, 2017, 18:00
Such is the dysfunctional state of the sport just now that one of the most seismic moments in recent NFL history occurred in a lecture hall at Boston (...)

Trump aide defends phone call by president to widow of soldier
- US
- October 19, 2017, 21:44
White House chief of staff John Kelly defended US president Donald Trump’s handling of a phone call with the widow of a fallen US soldier as the four-(...)

Irish-led research makes superconductor breakthrough
- Science
- July 7, 2017, 06:00
The search for the superconductor of the future has taken a significant step forward following a breakthrough by six research teams in the US and Euro(...)

85-year-old marathoner is so fast even scientists marvel
- Other Sports
- December 29, 2016, 17:17
It was a day for talking, not running. Snow was piled along the streets. The driveway was icy. Ed Whitlock’s shoulder hurt. His face had been puffy. (...)

Huge sinkhole causes leak of waste into Florida drinking water
- US
- September 17, 2016, 15:05
More than 200m gallons of contaminated wastewater from a fertilizer plant in central Florida leaked into one of the state’s main underground sources o(...)

We raised our daughter for her to leave, and now she’s gone
- Generation Emigration
- August 24, 2016, 15:00
When my first-born, Ciara, was four I enrolled her in a half-day programme at a local Montessori school here in Orlando. I was a Montessori teacher so(...)