Articles
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Scientists Reveal Origin of Earth’s Oldest Crystals
New research from scientists at Trinity College Dublin suggests that the very oldest pieces of rock on Earth – zircon crystals – are likely to have formed in the craters left by violent asteroid impacts that peppered our nascent planet, rather than via plate tectonics as was previously believed.
28 Apr 2016
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Scientists Reveal Origin of Earth’s Oldest Crystals
The tiny crystals probably formed in huge impact craters not long after Earth formed, some 4 billion years ago.
28 Apr 2016
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Inside the Mind of the Terrorist and the Terrorised
The causes and effects of terrorism were put under the spotlight at a public event hosted by Trinity Long Room Hub featuring psychologist Ian Robertson and legal expert Neville Cox.
18 Feb 2016
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Roy McFadden Library Opens at Oscar Wilde Centre
Rare volumes of poetry and prose by WB Yeats, Patrick Kavanagh and Mary Lavin are among 2,000 books and journals contained in a new library at the Oscar Wilde Centre for Irish Writing.
1 Feb 2016
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Winter lethargy? Badgers feel it too…
Two of Trinity's zoologists talk about their work with one of Ireland’s most iconic species on RT€1.
26 Dec 2016