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Worldwide web creator Sir Tim Berners-Lee writes impassioned open letter marking 30th anniversary of web

Can businesses in the future afford to be without the gift of the gab?

A wave of voice-managed software applications may be coming our way. Rather than poking and prodding a dirty screen, you simply speak and ask

Irish-developed AI chip gets radiation blast ahead of use in space

European Space Agency considering the Myriad 2 chip for in-orbit image processing

Is science influenced by politics?

No one is immune from political upheaval, but science has a way of weeding out incorrect hypotheses over time

Nobel Prize for Physics awarded to woman for first time in 55 years

Donna Strickland was among trio of scientists given the award for laser breakthroughs

EU Contest for Young Scientists features starch, spinal fusion and autonomous driving

Young Scientists lauded for ethical focus on climate change

Contributions critical to advancing Paris Agreement, Higgins tells EU contest in RDS

ProtonMail gives users complete data ownership

Web Log: Swiss-based email service could attract Gmail users who value their privacy

Innovation Talk: We can’t keep living on our past scientific reputation

Dragging up the late Irish laureate’s name can overshadow successes in other areas

Why is Ireland not a member of Cern?

State has rich history in particle physics but will not cough up €1m Cern membership fee

Twenty-nine ways World Wide Web has changed our lives in 29 years

British computer scientist’s proposal led to transformation of services and data access

How did intelligent Irish women get through the day in the 1980s?

'One Day at a Time' and 'Roseanne' are on their way back; here are some olden-days shows that should also be remade, like "womanning competition" Calor Kosangas Housewife of the Year

‘Angry Birds’ team promises ‘Pokémon for particles’ with new game

New wave of Finnish game developers seeks to make learning fun

Fintan O’Toole: Ireland is nobody’s little darling any more

We’ve lost our exotic allure without replacing it with the attraction of efficiency

Laser weapons and holograms: What we can expect in next 10 years

Decade since launch of ‘The Irish Times’ Innovation magazine has brought tremendous change

Failure to join CERN means State ‘losing out’ on research contracts

Ireland should not balk at yearly €10m fee to join Geneva physics laboratory - FG Senator

‘I’m trying to make these huge questions more tangible and more personal’

Thanks to synaesthesia Lucy McKenna experiences the world differently to most people, and now, following a stint at Cern, she’s trying to explain huge questions in science with art

Patrick Freyne’s Guide to the Rose of Tralee

2016 Revisited: The Roses' job is to float around smiling and wearing a sash, which resembles a bandolier

Brexit difficulty of British universities is Ireland’s opportunity

Irish colleges can take funding and staff from the UK if we move quickly

Peter Higgs says Brexit ‘a disaster’ for scientific research

Nobel laureate among dignitaries conferred with honorary degrees by Trinity College Dublin

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