If anyone doubts that climate change is real, that it is happening now and that it is happening even faster than feared, they need go no further than the findings of an international study that shows climate change is occurring so rapidly that many animals may be unable to adapt.

Eight Irish scientists have been awarded a prestigious European Research Council Starting Grant, worth up to €2m each, towards ambitious high-risk, high-gain projects, or “blue sky research”.

Thomas Reed, a Warwick University history graduate, took the first prize in the under-26 category at the 14th annual Martin Wills Memorial Trust awards.

THE US covertly transferred technology to the Soviet Union that contained hidden faults, including software that triggered one of the biggest non-nuclear explosions ever seen, a senior official in the Reagan White House has revealed.

The US covertly transferred technology to the Soviet Union that contained hidden faults, including software that triggered one of the biggest non-nuclear explosions ever seen, a senior official in the Reagan White House has revealed.