Scientists are developing crash helmets that change colour when the wearer suffers a brain injury.

More and more of us are suffering from sleep deprivation. It could lead to impaired cognitive function, writes Helen O’Callaghan.

Lack of sleep was one of the many hazards of space travel not explored in the blockbuster movie Gravity.

The amount of porn young teenagers are accessing is causing so much damage to their psychological growth it must be seen as a major public health crisis.

NORTH POLE: Many of us cannot recall the last time we got a letter in the post, but Santa will this year receive a record 8m of them, the UPU has said.

Men are from Mars and women from Venus, they say — and a look inside their brains suggests it could be true.

The race for the White House has seen viewers deluged by over a million TV ads, with little evidence that voters have been swayed, reports Jeanne Cummings

Hair today... gone tomorrow.

Men who struggle with going bald have now more choices to alter their appearance, John Hearne reports.

The shortlist for the €100,000 IMPAC award for literary fiction was revealed this morning, says Carl Dixon

An Ikea-like robotics revolution could see DIY devices being built for a wide range of functions, scientists predict.

It kills millions every year, but after a slew of failed treatments scientists say vaccines could hold the key — not just to a cure but to wiping out cancer forever, writes Sharon Begley

DEPICTIONS of explicit and graphic suicides in movies tripled from 1950 to 2006, according to an analysis of top-grossing films.

SCIENTISTS in America have developed a gene therapy which makes the body create “serial killer” cells that target cancer cells.

AFTER a string of world-shaking events America’s spies failed to predict, most recently the turmoil sweeping the Arab world, a vast project is taking shape to improve forecasting. It involves thousands of volunteers and the wisdom of crowds.

No matter how many months he had been sober, no matter how, objectively, he knew that drinking was the road to hell, the visceral craving for alcohol overcame his resolution and he repeatedly relapsed.

IN a move closely resembling the plot of the movie Jurassic Park, a San Diego zoo plans to use the frozen cells of dead animals in an attempt to bring endangered species back from the brink of extinction.

US Toyota owners have filed dozens of group lawsuits claiming that massive safety recalls have hammered the value of their cars in an action that could cost the company more than £2bn.

IVF babies born from frozen embryos are healthier than those that develop from fresh embryos, according to research out today.

SCIENTISTS for the first time have used gene therapy to dramatically improve sight in people with a rare form of blindness, a development that experts called a major advance for the experimental technique.

GENERATIONS have praised the wisdom of getting up early in the morning, but a Japanese study says early-risers are actually at a higher risk of developing heart problems.

CRAIG VENTER’S company Celera Genomics has a slogan: “Speed matters — discovery can’t wait”.

Kentucky Derby winner Barbaro has been put down after losing his long battle to regain fitness following the injuries he suffered in the Preakness Stakes.

Kentucky Derby winner Barbaro was put down today after losing his long battle to regain fitness following the injuries he suffered in the Preakness Stakes.

A LIMERICK toddler has just returned from the United States where he made some very special new friends.

Barbaro is reported to be in a stable condition as he continues his battle against life-threatening laminitis.

Kentucky Derby winner Barbaro has been the subject of an upbeat bulletin as he continues his recovery from a shattered hind leg.

Rapper Beanie Sigel was shot twice in an attempted robbery in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania this morning

NURSES’ leaders yesterday hit out at the Health Minister for her failure to attend their annual conference, an attack dismissed as “posturing” by her spokesman.

A CURIOUS piece of bone spotted by chance by a professor has led to the discovery of a new dinosaur.

U2 lead singer Bono will be the speaker at the University of Pennsylvania’s 248th graduation ceremonies on May 17.

Reginald Jones, who led General Electric through the energy crisis of the 1970s and advised four US presidents on economic policy, has died in Connecticut after a long illness.

A gene that provides a natural defence against the Aids virus could pave the way for new treatments for HIV, scientists said today.

Serious infection can slow down and even halt the growth of cancer tumours by cutting off their blood supply, scientists revealed today.

An Italian fertility expert will attempt to clone a human being within the next year.