ourviewThe Irish Examiner View: Hope will not trump scienceWe kick the can along the road, hoping optimism will trump science.
home and gardensRichard Collins: 200 years since the death of a botanical masterThe names of literary giants and great philosophers spawn adjectives, ‘Shakespearian’, ‘Marxist’, and ‘Platonic’, for instance. Few scientific celebrities are so honoured, although ‘Darwinian’ has entered the lexicon.
worldSonic boom over London caused by Typhoon jets scrambled to aircraftTwo Typhoon jets scrambled to an aircraft which had lost communications caused a sonic boom in the early hours of Sunday.
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