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Okay, we’ve all heard of Bitcoin at this stage. Whether it’s through the ransom from last year’s WannaCry attack or the articles about tracking down thousands worth of lost bitcoins, it’s been ubiquitous in the news over the last year. It…

The science team at HeadStuff loves when science inspires creative work. Following the success of our fantastic Mars short story competition we're creating a regular science fiction section in collaboration with HeadStuff Literature and…

Exciting News! On January 14th I will be entering the Mars Desert Research Station (MDRS) in the high cold desert in Utah to begin a 14 day simulated Mars mission, as part of Crew 173, with an international group of engineers, scientists…

Science Week is just over and I’ve been reflecting over the question of who is responsible for science & scientific research and how we as the public should formulate and voice our opinions on science. The question was first raised by…

Here’s where I’ll be hanging out this Science Week Firstly, if you’d like to join me on my Science week adventure, here’s a quick round-up of what I’m involved in. Also I’ll be hosting the @Ireland twitter account for the week, so you can…

All things Science week It’s Science Week from November 13th to 20th, so what better way to celebrate it than to give you a post packed full of really interesting festivals and events happening across the country for people of all ages.…

With so many science & curiosity-themed events happening regularly across the country and abroad, we try to capture them on ‘Socialising Science’ with video and a few words. If you have an event you’d like to include, email…

In this taster edition of Socialising Science we whet your appetite for science in preparation for Space Week, next week 3rd-8th October, with an exciting free event this Friday in Trinity College Dublin. PROBE Friday September 30th,…

With so many science & curiosity-themed events happening regularly across the country and abroad, we try to capture them on ‘Socialising Science’ with video and a few words. And if you have an event you’d like to include, email…

Unless you’ve been living under a particularly dense and large rock for the last month, you’ve probably heard about Pokémon GO, the augmented-reality mobile game based on the long-running Pokémon franchise. The game was released in early…