I saw two options, eurozone compromise or Greece would exit the euro. That Greece would capitulate as it has was never considered, says Megan McArdle            

The rate at which a smoker’s blood breaks down nicotine could hold the secret to the best treatment they can receive if they want to kick the habit, researchers have found.

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Scientists have discovered several small changes we can all make to improve our happiness. Dave Kenny picks the best of them to get us through another January.

FIFTY years ago Mary McCarthy’s novel shed light on http://exa.mn/mv. It shocked readers then, but today it seems almost tame.

GDP is not the most accurate indicator of economic growth, and so it is vital that those responsible for aid budgets use other variables in determining the fairest way to allocate funds, writes Bill Gates

Hall of Famer Susan Moran is probably the greatest female basketballer Ireland has produced. Today in Manhattan, her contribution to college basketball in America will be recognised. We spoke to the Tullamore native about her career in Philadelphia and her official elevation to legendary status

The New York Police Department monitored Muslim students at universities far beyond the city limits, including the elite Ivy League colleges of Yale and the University of Pennsylvania, it has emerged.

US GOVERNMENT researchers knew they were violating ethical standards by infecting Guatemalan prison inmates and mental patients with syphilis in the 1940s, according to a presidential commission.

DEMOLITION work is due to start next week to clear a site for West Cork’s new €4.5 million arts centre.

DOCTOR Craig Venter’s bold step in the enduring quest to create artificial life has produced a living cell powered by manmade DNA.

WITH tousled brown hair and sporting a check shirt, Dr Andrew Wakefield, 52, cuts an unassuming figure. It is hard to imagine that he almost single-handedly sparked one of the world’s biggest health scares.

EVEN the greatest golfers, including Tiger Woods, systematically miss the opportunity to score a birdie out of fear of making a bogey, a study by two University of Pennsylvania professors has shown.

One of America's wealthiest men was arrested on the day he was due to fly to London over a £15.6m (€17.11m) insider trading case.

A COMMONLY prescribed diabetes drug has the potential to “revolutionise” cancer treatment, it was claimed.

MORE than 600 adults have been arrested and 47 children rescued in a three-day round-up targeting people who force children into prostitution.

More than 600 adults were arrested and 47 children rescued in three days of raids in the US targeting people who force children into prostitution.

More than 600 adults have been arrested and 47 children rescued in three days of raids in the US targeting people who force children into prostitution.

A small sign that began an English-only ordering policy at a famous cheesesteak shop was compared to the dark days of US racial segregation at a discrimination hearing.

A BLACK Labrador that burrowed through smoking debris after September 11 and flooded rubble after Hurricane Katrina in search of survivors, has died after developing cancer.

Scientists are hot on the trail of a new genetic link to breast cancer that could be the key to many inherited cases.

Alain Levy earned more than £3.5m (€5.3m) in pay and bonuses last year as chairman and chief executive of EMI Music – a job held since October 2001.

A DRUG which lowers “bad” cholesterol and raises “good” cholesterol could help prevent millions of heart attacks every year, researchers revealed yesterday.

ARTIFICIAL sperm has been created in a laboratory and used to fertilise eggs, it was revealed yesterday.

A massive police hunt was taking place today for a white van spotted leaving the scene of what is thought to have been the 10th attack by the Washington serial sniper.