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Science, Maths & Technology
Discover Mercury: Why study Mercury?
What is it about Mercury that rewards a closer look?
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Science, Maths & Technology
Discover Mercury: Introduction
November 11th sees the Transit of Mercury. Get to know the planet we're starting to find out a whole lot more about.
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Science, Maths & Technology
Why don't statistics reveal when sports matches have been fixed?
Sport is awash in data - so you'd assume it'd be easy to tell if a game has been rigged on the whim of a shady gambling syndicate. It's not that easy, though - and as David Lucy explains, it's the same problem that stops us being able to spot rogue doctors and nurses...
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OpenLearn Ireland
Rathlin Island and Lough Neagh
Learn about seabirds in enormous numbers, the changing appearance of the landscape as plant species changed with the changing temperatures and a relict fish that’s being conserved by local volunteers.
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OpenLearn Ireland
Glenariff to Fermanagh
A look at Glenariff, one of the 9 Glens of Antrim, investigating how certain geological features managed to find their way to places they would not normally be.
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Education & Development
Additional efforts: Why we need to be better at maths
We need to be better at maths - and the suggestion that only smart people can be good with numbers is holding a lot of us back.
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Science, Maths & Technology
Can dogs read their owners' emotions?
Does a dog know what you're thinking? Can your dog empathise? It's possible, suggests new research.
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Science, Maths & Technology
Tim Peake’s spacewalk is no stroll in the park
Monica Grady tells us about what Tim Peake - the first British astronaut to do a spacewalk - is up against.
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History & The Arts
David Bowie and science fiction
It's fair to say David Bowie had an obvious fascination with space and future dystopias, Tony Keen looks at the roots of the starman's relationship with science fiction.
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Science, Maths & Technology
Why were David Bowie's eyes two different colours?
The short answer is that they weren't - but there's a lot more to it than that. Kevin Hunt explains.
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Science, Maths & Technology
Why are black and white cats black and white? And why are there piebald horses?
Striped ponies and tuxedo cats might look gorgeous - but the mutation is a mild form of a much more serious cellular defect...
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Science, Maths & Technology
Blade Runner: What's the balance between science and fiction?
How does Blade Runner shape up as a piece of work when real scientists look at its workings?