http://www.ireland.com The Irish Times' Science Today Top Stories en-ie Copyright 2008, ireland.com. The Irish Times 2008-05-08T12:15:06+00:00 daily 2 2008-05-08T12:15:06+00:00 http://www.ireland.com/ http://www.ireland.com/feeds/rss/rss_logo.gif Search for articles on ireland.com QUERY00 http://www.ireland.com/cgi-bin/dialogserver http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/science/2008/0508/1210178027942.html ANALYSIS A mathematician priest has won a major science award - scholars of Dawkins should take heed, writes Mgr Tom Stack Science Today 2008-05-08T12:15:06+00:00 http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/science/2008/0508/1210178027963.html If you see grown scientists collecting seashells, don't worry - they're also collecting useful genetic information, writes Dick Ahlstrom Science Today 2008-05-08T12:15:06+00:00 http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/science/2008/0508/1210178027937.html STIRRING UP A CLOUD of atoms that are almost - but not quite - frozen solid may help to deliver the most powerful computers yet devised. The technical challenges required to achieve this goal of quantum computing are enormous, but describing these challenges to a non-scientific audience can require a quantum leap of public speaking. Science Today 2008-05-08T12:15:06+00:00 http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/science/2008/0508/1210178027944.html UNDER THE MICROSCOPEWe're not immune to a Spanish Flu-type pandemic - in fact, our complex society makes us more vulnerable, writes William Reville Science Today 2008-05-08T12:15:06+00:00