Lydia Shackleton botanical paintings illustrate blossoming for women
Collection commissioned in 19th century a notable moment for women’s opportunities
Collection commissioned in 19th century a notable moment for women’s opportunities
The man-made channel has enabled marine life to migrate from the Red Sea to the Mediterranean
The measure of heat energy was not translated to food until the end of the 19th century
The 19th century saw new breeding methods and growing enthusiasm for pets
The Great Famine led to much soul searching about ‘good’ food versus ‘bad’
Converting emotions into quantifiable physical signs fascinated Darwin and it’s still a fascination for scientists
Ireland’s approach to posters has changed a lot since 19th-century cholera outbreak
The growth rate of this useful organism helps determine the age of the surface it grows on
If we crowd animals together in large numbers to feed ourselves we maintain a high risk from emergent zoonotic disease
In order of importance: optimism, then patience, next idealism and lastly courage
The danger is that, like in the past, the person will become a scapegoat for all our fears
What will happen where trust in science is not a central part of wider culture?
Did practice of closing people into their houses or ‘shutting up’ work?
At the outbreak of a virus, masks may give a sense of comfort but there is debate over their efficacy, with some medical professionals arguing that regular hand-washing is much more effective
‘Museum collections are key to understanding biodiversity over the last few centuries’
Weather predictions and folklore are probably as old as human society
German professor’s burner laid the basis for development of spectrum analysis
The poles switch every few hundred thousand years. Opinion is split on the significance of this
From Alcock and Brown’s transatlantic crossing to global commercial flights, the 20th century saw astonishing developments in aviation
The ozone hole presents a compelling, simple narrative. We need more of these
CRISPR and genome editing raises issues that can no longer be ignored
The European Parliament is considering doing away with daylight savings time in 2021
William King was first to decipher that ancestors were different species to modern humans
The Irish have been gripped by the American beauty ideal of even, straight, white teeth
In 1846 Robert Mallet delivered a paper on a machine to register seismic motion
From ‘booby trap for old ladies’ to efficient maker of heatwave-defying pot of tea
How can we treat people fairly while reducing risk to others of contracting the disease?
Women should be trusted to understand the difficulties and told when mistakes happen
In the ‘Columbian exchange’, plants, livestock and diseases have as much impact as people
Anton Mesmer combined his ideas with a flair for the dramatic that orthodox medicine found distasteful and the public found intriguing
Ever wondered how pie and bar charts came to be? A single Scot, William Playfair, invented them
Shackleton, Crean, Crozier, Hart: Irish names are all over the North and South poles
The marvel of the pacing industry is the speed with which creating a human-machine hybrid has come from the extraordinary to the commonplace
Are we now condemning large parts of the world to more profound legacies of poverty linked to past and present pollution?
Crosswords & puzzles to keep you challenged and entertained
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
Inquests into the nightclub fire that led to the deaths of 48 people
Weddings, Births, Deaths and other family notices