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While computer viruses are still not as dangerous as actual, real-life viruses, they can still…
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Ireland has a rich tradition of weird and wonderful creatures – but it’s not just…
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We all know about woolly mammoths and saber-toothed cats, but such is evolution that all…
While we have no control over natural disasters like earthquakes and volcanoes, humans have been…
The world is noisy, so noisy in fact that even things you thought were silent…
They say that there are only two things guaranteed in life: death and taxes. And…