China is worried about a US missile defence system deployed in South Korea to head off an attack by the North. What is at stake, asks David Tweed.

Janet Reno, the first woman to serve as US attorney general and the epicentre of several political storms during the Clinton administration, has died aged 78.

Economists had overwhelmingly told that a British vote to leave the EU would entail significant economic costs, but voters failed to take heed of the warnings, writes Jean Pisani-Ferry

Last December, while I was recuperating from a hip replacement, I went along to hear the famous American researcher, Mike Van Amburgh from Cornell University, give a talk.

Studies fitting chickens with prosthetic “dinosaur tails”, looking at the plausibility of fathering 888 children, and discovering the most painful bee sting points on the body are all among the latest winners of “Ig Nobel” awards.

A few weeks ago, a video surfaced of men reacting to their girlfriends being catcalled while walking down the street.

ELLA McSWEENEY refuses to let a high-profile career dictate her size. 

For the world’s first baby born to a woman with a transplanted womb — a medical first — only a victorious name would do.

BROWN REVEALS AMY-MANDELA JAIL JOKE

With thousands of tweets being set every second, scientists have tapped into the social network as a great research tool.

THE other day, buying vegan sausages in a Brighton supermarket, I notice they have been made in Cork. They are delicious.

Facebook is being investigated to assess whether an experiment in which it manipulated users’ news feeds to study the effect it had on moods might have broken data protection laws.

Facebook is being investigated in Britain to assess whether an experiment in which it manipulated users’ news feeds to study the effect it had on moods might have broken data protection laws, it has been reported.

A mysterious “magic island” has appeared out of nowhere in radar images of a hydrocarbon sea on Saturn’s giant moon, Titan.

Scientists and art experts have discovered a hidden painting beneath one of Pablo Picasso’s first masterpieces, The Blue Room, using advances in infrared imagery to reveal a bow- tied man with his face resting on his hand.

Scientists and art experts have found a hidden painting beneath one of Pablo Picasso’s first masterpieces, The Blue Room, using advances in infrared imagery to reveal a bow-tied man with his face resting on his hand.

Scientists in the US are attempting to build a human heart with a 3D printer.

Ever wondered what became of all those bright young minds who collected the Young Scientist title over the years? Well wonder no more.

More intimidating than a midtown skyscraper and more confusing than Leaving Cert maths — tipping sends Irish tourists into a cold sweat even as they are supposed to be enjoying the white heat of the New York restaurant scene.

ARE you single, over 30 and looking for a loving longterm relationship? According to the latest research, the secret is not to sleep with your partner on the first date. Instead, if you wait, the chances of fulfilling your dreams and finding ‘the one’ will increase.

3D printers could spell the end of traditional manufacturing in many sectors, as products as diverse of braces for teeth, or ammunition for guns, could just be printed out, writes Martha Mendoza

Striking hotel workers who became a familiar sight in Chicago as they picketed - for ten years – are ending one of the longest strikes in American history.

Robert C Richardson, a Cornell University professor who shared a Nobel Prize for a key discovery in experimental physics, has died at the age of 75.

Recession job fears could undermine decades of progress on sexual harassment says Áilín Quinlan.

FARMERS who are borrowing to expand their herds or processors who are borrowing to build a new drier costing millions will be asked probing questions by their bankers regarding the certainty of their future incomes, and their capacity to pay back their borrowings.

Co-ops and farmers must work together to manage price volatility to protect both farmer incomes and co-op profitability, ICOS president Bertie O’Leary told those attending the Dairy Risk Management seminar hosted by Cork Institute of Technology on Monday.

Ireland’s dairy sector may have to look at new models for milk pricing and for managing global market volatility, say milk industry experts.

A cultural shift towards commercial hedging mechanisms to manage volatility in milk price and animal feed costs would make Irish dairy farming more attractive to US agri-food investors.

Risk management tools to ensure the dairy industry remains competitive and profitable in a more volatile future will be discussed at a workshop in the Cork Institute of Technology next Monday.

No need for grand give-up-everything schemes. Anna Magee asks the experts for the little strategic regular changes that can help you tackle the bulge.

A radical new approach to “bionic eye” implants holds out the hope of restoring near-normal sight to the blind, scientists claim.

Food safety experts played down the risk of mad cow disease entering America's food supply, a day after a government agency detected the first new case of the disease in the US since 2006.

Take a leaf out of our book Germany

Tests involving chickens have raised questions about the impact on health from engineered nano- particles, the ultra-fine grains commonly used in drugs and processed foods.

Nasa’s lone surviving Mars rover Opportunity is scouting the landscape in search of a place to spend its fifth winter.

ALL over the world, people are waking up and going to bed happy.

HOUSE-HUNTING is off most people’s agenda right now; perhaps I shouldn’t mention so painful a topic.