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Carla O'Brien and Dr Lollie Mancey are going back to the future!

Futureville Ireland: We are going back to the city of the future

Futureville Ireland

Futureville Ireland, with Carla O'Brien and Dr Lollie Mancey, returns for a second series - made with support from Research Ireland. Streaming now on RTÉ Player.

Shoe made from waste pineapple plant fibre

Why Ireland could lead in a new multi-trillion euro industry

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RTÉ Archives: Scientific breakthroughs and big ideas

Ripe wheat field

How straw could be used to create eco-friendly food packaging

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Futureville Ireland: Streaming now on RTÉ Player

Futureville Ireland returns for a second season looking at how we can build a new Irish City for 2050 - based on Athlone. Presented by Carla O'Brien and Dr Lorraine Mancey.

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What would we need in an Irish city in 2050?

If we want a future where care, creativity and connection define how we live, then we need to design for those values now

Futureville Ireland

How this native Irish plant could replace your animal proteins

This tiny green plant found on ponds packs a protein punch, is nutritious, sustainable and climate-friendly

Brainstorm

Two cows in a field in front of Futureville

'Go plan': what needs to change in order to build a new city?

Futureville Ireland

A building constructed from timber

How a new approach to Irish timber could help deliver homes

Nori Seaweed sheets

Could 'edible electronics' transform how health is monitored?

Science Week 2025

Mauve satellite and space telescope

How Mauve space telescope will show how stars and planets form

Restaurant bar worker Greece

Why has Greece introduced a 13 hour working day?

Work and careers

Superstrings, conceptual computer artwork. The superstring theory is a Theory of Everything (Grand Unification Theory), which seeks to unite gravitational force with the other fundamental forces (electromagnetism and nuclear forces) that are already descr

All you need to know about string theory

Aerial drone view of Slemish mountain near Ballymena, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, on a summer evening at sunset, with beautiful side lighting and blue sky, it is a popular tourist attraction and hiking location, and St. Patrick tended sheep there as

The secret history of volcanoes in Ireland

a computer screen with persony chat bubbles

Why do some of us love AI, while others hate it?

In this handout satellite image provided by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Hurricane Melissa churns through the Caribbean Sea

Why violent storms like Melissa are catching the world off guard

Hurricane Melissa

'Every cell in our body has the capacity to tell the time of day'. Photo: Getty Images

How your immune system works can depend on what time it is

Science Week 2024

Conceptual image of a purple laptop with speech bubbles floating above to illustrate Artificial Intelligence digital chatbot. AI chatbot assistant concept

6 daily decisions you make (or don't) using AI

Artificial Intelligence

The pharmacy of the future could see patients using 3D printing to customise the combination and dosage of drugs according to their personalised needs

How 3D printing could revolutionise your medical prescription

Science Week 2024

Young Scientists

Mark, Amy and Zoom love to share their love of science.

Primary School Science: 20 experiments from Let's Find Out

What's Next? is streaming now on RTÉ Player.

What's Next?: Kids pitch their big ideas to save the planet

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Let's Dive In: The science podcast answering your questions

Laura O'Mahony stars as Auntie B - and she has LOTS of fun facts!

Auntie B's Fantastic Facts: The TV show for when you need to know

Auntie B's Fantastic Facts!

Our 8 cadets take on some real-life astronaut training in Space Camp Challenge.

Space Exploration: There's a galaxy of questions out there!

Space Camp Challenge

Watch: Oceans of Careers in Marine Science

Watch: Oceans of Careers in Marine Science

Marine Institute

A part of the 14.000 tone CMS detector is seen during the Open Days at the CERN particle physics research facility in 2019. Photo: Getty Images

Dream Space LIVE and CERN collide in classrooms this Science Week

Dream Space LIVE

From the RTÉ Archives

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Well Oiled Machines: NUIM create football playing robots - 2012

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Cutting edge computers showcased at Computex 88 in the RDS

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Meet Ananova, a virtual newsreader - 2000

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Could motorised bicycles offer a cheap form of transport? - 1981

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Wind powered generators trialled on Cape Clear- 1987

Science Week on RTÉ Player

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Futureville Ireland

Futureville Ireland

10 Things to Know About

10 Things to Know About

Game Changer: AI & You

Game Changer: AI & You

Birdsong

Heated

Father of the Cyborgs

Father of the Cyborgs

Ear To The Ground

Ear To The Ground

Big Life Fix

Eco Eye

Ireland's Coast

Ireland's Coast

Science Shows from RTÉ Kids

More Science Shows from RTÉ Kids

Auntie B's Fantastic Facts!

Auntie B's Fantastic Facts!

The Scavengers

What's Next?

Let's Find Out

Space Camp Challenge

Space Camp Challenge

Bright Sparks

Where The Wild Geese Go

Where The Wild Geese Go

The Why Guy

Nina and the Neurons

Nina and the Neurons

Áit a dTéann na Géanna Fiáine

Áit a dTéann na Géanna Fiáine

Science News

Dr Rosemary Coogan at a science week event in Dundalk

Belfast-born astrophysicist prepares for space mission

Image is an animation showing a seesaw with industry on one side and a forest on the other

Watch: What is a climate tipping point?

A view of dinosaur bones at Queen's

Method to identify female dinosaurs discovered at Queen's

Two women and a man gathered around a sign advertising Science Week

€847,000 in funding for Science Week 2025 events

PARIS, FRANCE - APRIL 23: Picture taken 23 April 1993 in Paris of American geneticist James Dewey Watson in front of a blackboard, explaining his work to discover the molecular structure on DNA for which he shared the 1962 Physiology and Medicine Nobel Pr

DNA pioneer James Watson dies aged 97

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Fintech company Stripe to sponsor Irish Maths Trust

Picture of prize winner Amelia Lupascu

Dublin student wins major science competition