A conversation on the universe, anti-science and vexed question of UFOs
Q&A with American astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson
You think spring starts in February? Nonsense
If that’s the case, why not just move Christmas to July and have done with it?
The Irish Times view on alien life: Venus’s new genes
Carl Sagan, who believed Venus might be home to life, may have been proved right
Why humans can survive without religion but not rituals
Unthinkable: Sasha Sagan, daughter of cosmologist Carl Sagan, believes feast days are indispensable
Meet the artist who is ‘just itching to make more silk scarves’
Artist Niall Sweeney’s colourful and surreal exhibition, I Am The Cosmos, comprises eight prints and two silk scarves
Capricorns make fine flatmates. It’s Scorpios you need to watch
Astrology is the perfect belief for the age of internet conspiracy and woolly faith
What’s inside a black hole? We’re looking into it
Physicist Ana Alonso-Serrano on black holes, wormholes and the multiverse theory
Prof Brian Cox: ‘It would be great to put Donald Trump in a classroom for a week’
One of his society-enriching ideas is a crash course in human knowledge for world leaders
‘It's a romantic attempt to describe how we are as humans to an extra-terrestrial audience'
Emer Reynolds's new film ‘The Farthest’ looks at the extraordinary, humbling story the Voyager space project
The Farthest: An epic, moving Irish space movie
Irish director Emer Reynolds knits together a documentary that informs and moves
We’re all deeply weird and 'normal' can be a crushing concept
The visual art at this year's Galway International Arts Festival has lots of odd junctures, strange characters and weird journeys
Brian Cox on Trump, climate change and intelligent life
Under-investment in education has produced people who ‘don’t know how to think’
‘Tech hub’ is a ubiquitous term – not everyone knows your niche
Attention to detail is recommended when assessing tech hubs beyond Silicon Valley
Mobile computing will eat the world and change the menu
Web Summit talk by Benedict Evans showed just how revolutionary the smartphone is
Mary Hannigan’s TV View: No escaping the The Fight of the Century™
Babies and boxing hog the screen, even on Clare Balding’s hyperbole hour
Ireland's music showcase: Hard Working Class Heroes
Hard Working Class Heroes has become the go-to festival for anyone seeking to check the state of the Irish music nation. Jim Carroll previews the event and offers a guide to the bands to see
Society would benefit from a better understanding of what is and isn’t science
A theory is distinguished by having both explanatory and predictive power
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