Here’s a briefing on some of the stories and issues highlighted on irishexaminer.com today.

Space Week is coming up and offers the perfect opportunity to stoke a child’s interest, writes Mark Evans 

The notion of planets orbiting stars other than the sun is not new but advances in technology is bringing us ever closer to finding alien life, explains Mark Evans

Good morning. Here’s everything you need to know before you start your day.

Mark Evans reports on the hazards in the home that can result in devastating injuries for children

MUCH like the character of Mrs God herself, author Mark Evans is a glutton for punishment.

It’s more than a quarter of a century since the Berlin Wall came down and communism was rolled up like a musty carpet across Eastern Europe.

So you think you're a Star Wars fan?

The Australians may have left New York for Dublin on Monday but the Big Apple will be very much on the AFL’s agenda when they sit down for lunch with the GAA tomorrow.

Leonardo da Vinci overcame huge difficulties to become the ultimate Renaissance Man, writes Mark Evans.

For Back to the Future fans, October 21 is D-day. It’s the exact date in the future when Marty McFly and Doc Brown flew from the ’80s in a modified DeLorean. What, asks Mark Evans, makes the move as watchable today as when it was released?

Here’s a briefing on some of the stories and issues highlighted on irishexaminer.com today.

Good afternoon. Here’s all the news you need to know this lunchtime.

Good morning. Here’s everything you need to know before you start your day.

There’s nothing better than being someone else’s guest, says Mark Evans as he checks into the Castleknock Hotel.  

Elephants, dogs, and tribes, oh my!

What's on telly? All these tasty nuggets.

To celebrate its anniversary, Mark Evans describes the legacy of Spielberg’s shark movie - how it invented the summer blockbuster and made millions afraid to go in the water

Tomorrow marks the 100th anniversary of the siinking of the Lusitania, and one Cork boy has been inspired by the Irish Examiner’s recent coverage of that event.

Mark Evans and his six-year-old son hit the British capital to see the sights and found there was a lot more for a child to experience than dinosaurs, Big Ben and a big wheel    

Think you know your stuff when it comes to the world of animals?

On the 100th anniversary of the extraordinary Christmas Truce during the First World War, Mark Evans, says that we could all learn about the true spirit of Christmas from the ceasefire.

Check out our spoiler-free guide to tonight's TV.

If the GAA and AFL are serious about re-energising the series, they should up sticks and bring it to New York<

Following the abysmal showing of Australia’s international rules side last October and the subsequent promise that it wouldn’t happen again this year, it appears the Aussies have kept their word by naming an exceptionally strong squad.

Here’s our spoiler-free guide to what you should watch on the box tonight.

Your spoiler free guide to tonight's telly.

Forget the cancer scares and environmental worries — the loom band craze will only last so long, says Mark Evans

Check out our spoiler-free guide to what to watch on TV tonight.

Welcome to your Tuesday morning briefing. Let us ensure you’re up to speed on what’s happening and are prepared for the day ahead.

Reading (and being read to) helps your children understand the world around them, and eases them into school, says Mark Evans, and now one bookshop is helping with age-appropriate reading lists

It’s a hard, endurance-testing slog, but a 22-year-old runner is set to complete 12 marathons in as many days.

The search to find the Top 100 books threw up some surprises when our readers responded, but the magic of ‘Harry Potter’ won out in the battle with ‘The Lord of the Rings’, writes Mark Evans.

Welcome to your Tuesday morning briefing. Let us ensure you’re up to speed on what’s happening and are prepared for the day ahead.

From religious tomes to best-selling novels and personal faves, Mark Evans wants you to get voting.

Nazi leader Adolf Hitler might have married a woman of Jewish descent, according to DNA analysis conducted for a Channel 4 documentary.

Tune into BBC Three at 9pm tonight to see a documentary about Kris Hallenga as she battles terminal breast cancer and campaigns to make sure other young women and their doctors are made more aware of the risks.

A Channel 4 show which attempts to sequence the DNA of historical figures from Adolf Hitler to Marilyn Monroe claims to have discovered what could have caused Elvis Presley’s early death.

Arts Theatre runs its annual Writers’ Week from February 19-22. The competition, which sees six shortlisted plays premiere, was established in 1986. This year saw the biggest entry, with 38 writers entering their work for the competition.

Keith Barry hacks your brain and Grey’s Anatomy returns.