Geneticists from Trinity College Dublin have used evolution to work out why a small number of genes can contribute to autism spectrum disorders, schizophrenia, ADHD, intellectual disability, epilepsy and developmental delay.

The Irish Film Institute has teamed up with the Science Gallery Dublin to present a series called Futures Past - taking classic sci-fi films and examining how they spoke about their present and reached forward to the future.

Some successful EU-funded Irish female scientists:

IRISH scientists have identified human specific genes that could unlock the mystery of what makes us different from the chimpanzee, our closest relative.