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How coronavirus measures have changed electricity demand

Electricity demand in Ireland has fallen, but electricity-related greenhouse gas emissions have increased

"Many youth club members are volunteering in their local communities by checking in on older neighbours or getting shopping in for those who are isolating themselves". Photo: Getty Images

How Irish youth are showing empathy for others during the crisis

Schoolchildren from Cullen School, Co. Tipperary in July 1938. Photo: Dúchas

Here's what Irish eyewitnesses had to say about the 1918 flu

"Although easily forgotten, pandemics are frequent interruptions to normal life, but have historically occurred over small geographic area" Photo: Rafael Henrique/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images

How can genetics help solve infection outbreaks?

"The benefits of regular exercise will be of immense value for you during this challenging period"

Never mind the kids: 10 ways for adults to keep active indoors

Health and Fitness

Moville Clothing in Co Donegal has completely turned production over to making scrubs for front-line healthcare workers. Photo: Eileen Magnier

What COVID-19 tells us about technology and human behaviour

"Information overload is potentially a factor in the current landscape"

How coronavirus has put avoiding the news in the headlines

The "Irish of Vincennes" Michael Plunkett, Mary Reid and Stephen King at a press conference in October 1983. Photo: Eric Bouvet/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images

The strange tale of the Irish republicans and François Mitterrand

Dr Cillian De Gascus, Dr Tony Holohan and Dr Ronan Glynn at a Department of Health coronavirus briefing

Why we trust experts in times of crisis

A potential customer eyes up the meat in a shop window in Co Wexford in April 1944. Photo: Daily Mirror/Mirrorpix/Mirrorpix via Getty Images

How Ireland's Emergency introduced restrictions on daily life

"Making a plan and identifying what we can control is associated with sense of purpose and progress"

How to cope with self-isolation and quarantine

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Coronavirus.

A potential customer eyes up the meat in a shop window in Co Wexford in April 1944. Photo: Daily Mirror/Mirrorpix/Mirrorpix via Getty Images

How Ireland's Emergency introduced restrictions on daily life

"Think of the small changes which you could bring with you into life post-coronavirus." Photo: Getty Images

5 tips to mind your mental health during the coronavirus ...

'The spread of fake news and conspiracy theories around the coronavirus is such a significant problem that the World Health Organisation has created a "myth busters" webpage to try to tackle them'

Why the coronavirus has led to so many conspiracy theories

"The bottom line is that there is no magic pill or a specific food guaranteed to bolster your immune system and protect you from the coronavirus"

Debunking the myths about food and the coronavirus

"There are many factors associated with this pandemic that we cannot control, but what we can control is how we act, react and behave, particularly in front of children"

5 ways to help your children deal with coronavirus anxiety

"Do remember to keep building in activity that really involves you and your child moving your whole body as this will give you heart health benefits as well as skill development benefits"

How to keep yourself and your kids active during the ...

Red Cross volunteers fighting against the spanish flu epidemy in United States in 1918. Photo: Apic/Getty Images

What history tells us about health panics

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Health & Fitness.

"Pain is a subjective experience. No other person, and no test, can tell who is or is not in pain, or how severe the pain is."

Back pain: are you saying it's all in my head?

"The more times we expose ourselves to anxiety, the anxiety decreases"

What you need to know about anxiety, panic and worrying

How to boost your self-esteem

10 reasons why more women should lift weights

The A to Zzz of sleep

Podcasts.

You can't blame the Brussels sprouts in January. Photo: Getty Images

The science of farting

"The applications of network science to crime fighting are even more remarkable and this relatively new field of research has proven to be very efficient in studying criminal systems"

How criminal gangs could be stopped by maths

"The bottom line is that there is no magic pill or a specific food guaranteed to bolster your immune system and protect you from the coronavirus"

Debunking the myths about food and the coronavirus

"There is growing evidence that young players and athletes thrive on a mixture of challenge and support"

Why do so many under-age stars fail to make the ...

"Companies need to look at their complicity in real mental health issues". Photo: Getty Images

Do employers really care about staff mental health issues?

"We inherited our emphasis on State secrecy from the British, but we enthusiastically embraced it"

Why does the State have so many secrets on its ...

The Leprechaun Brothers (AKA The Swedish Chef, Animal and Beaker) perform "Danny Boy"

From Elvis to The Muppets, the story of "Danny Boy"

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Ideas.

How tattoos went from acts of rebellion to the mainstream

Do you know who's listening? Photo: Stephen Brashear/Getty Images

Alexa, play Daniel O'Donnell: the rise of the all-hearing Alexa

How your bilingual baby's brain handles two languages

How to translate an Old English poem into Cork slang

Pop's long and winding road to the courts

Ireland.

A solitary coral on Fanore beach, Co Clare. Photo: Anthea Lacchia

The strange creatures that lived in Ireland millions of years ago

Deirdre O'Connell, pictured at the funeral of her husband Luke Kelly in 1984. Photo: Independent News And Media/ Getty Images

How Deirdre O'Connell changed Irish culture

"Fish is usually caught locally and the distance from the catching point to the retailer is usually not long"

Why don't Irish people eat more fish?

"Ó Riada's work has led to a generic Celtic sound that continues to influence scoring practices in international film"

More than Mise Éire: the film and TV music of ...

Youths walk past anti-IRA graffiti in Derry the day after journalist Lyra McKee was shot dead. Photo: Charles McQuillan/Getty Images

Why there's still support for dissident republican groups

Northern Ireland

Irish workers arrive in London in 1951 to work as conductors on London buses Photo: Hulton Archive/Getty Images

Why do British people know so little about Ireland?

The way it used to be: Toomey's pub, Hollywood, Co Wicklow (now the Hollywood Inn). Photo: Hans Silvester/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images

The death of the Irish rural publican

Climate Change.

"Despite their popularity with media producers, images of polar bears may not be an effective way to engage the public with climate change"

No more polar bears: the impact of climate change visuals

"Giving someone the information and telling them what to do won't necessarily result in behaviour change"

Why do we find it so hard to stop using plastic bottles?

Why nurses should be prepared for climate change

What really happens to our recycling?

5 ways an Irish household can reduce carbon emissions

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Editor's Choice.

"Can the reduction in the number of arrivals to Europe be seen as proof of success of EU externalisation policies?" Photo: Sara Creta

How Niger became Europe's invisible new border

A mural featuring murdered journalist Lyra McKee in central Belfast. Photo: Paul Faith / AFP via Getty Images

Why spontaneous shrines do more than remember the dead

"The rewiring of the brain also explain the tendency of teenagers to make irrational, impulsive decisions"

The science of teenagers