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"As part of the process to improve the sliotar, a colour change was also suggested" Photo: Green Fields Digital Sports Technology

The story behind hurling's new yellow sliotar

Hurling / 21 Jan

An aerial view of Tripoli harbour. Photo: Getty Images

Who will decide Libya's future?

"Is creativity something mysterious and deeply personal to the individual or something that can be developed, taught or assessed?"

Can we test our children's creative thinking?

Education / 16 Jan

"Language learning for some may have gendered connotations, yet there is no logical association between gender and language learning"

Is it easier for boys or girls to learn a new language?

Language / 15 Jan

A protest against India's Citizenship Amendment Act and National Register for Citizens. Photo: Manjunath Kiran/AFP via Getty Images

Why are 250 million people protesting in India?

"The proposed strengthening of the climate law took place against a backdrop of growing public awareness and concern, illustrated most strikingly by the school strike movement."

Proposed climate law is a big step forward, but questions remain

Climate Change / 07 Jan

Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and Iranian President Hassan Rouhani attend the funeral ceremony of Qasem Soleimani. Photo: Iranian Leader Press Office/Handout

What the latest Iranian crisis means for global politics

"The usefulness of handwriting in the digital era has been questioned in recent years, since typewriting using keyboards is more attuned to contemporary lifestyle"

Handwriting or type: what's the future of learning Chinese?

Chinese / 06 Jan

"If we don't move enough, we don't feel our best"

How to keep the kids active over the holidays

Health and Fitness / 19 Dec 19

All fall down: "while performing this rhyme, all the kids innocently enact the deaths of those who perished during the plague". Photo: Getty Images

How innocent nursery rhymes tell tales of death and destruction

Nursery rhymes / 18 Dec 19

"If lucky, those in the Cairn may witness the sunlight snaking its way through the lightbox up the ancient path to penetrate the centre of this stunning architectural monument to a magnificent feat of nature."

Marking the Winter Solstice's shortest day and longest night

Winter Solstice / 16 Dec 19

"The lives of those living today and those living 50 or even 500 years ago share the same struggles, dilemmas and anthropological unique inner structure"

What are Industry 4.0's ethical challenges?

Ethics / 09 Dec 19

"Have you ever stumbled upon a derelict abandoned building somewhere and "had an urge" to scale it like something out of Mirror's Edge?"

When videogame experiences become part of everyday life

Gaming / 02 Dec 19

Cars at a petrol station in Tehran as protests continue after the Iranian government imposed fuel rationing and raised prices. Photo: Muhammet Kursun/ Anadolu Agency via Getty Images

Iran's fiery winter: protests, deaths and an internet shutdown

Iran / 22 Nov 19

"IQ level does not play a role in making a decision so having a high IQ does not warrant right decision making in our lives"

What happens in your brain when you make a decision?

Psychology / 23 Jan

Eavan Boland was one of the contributors to Icarus in the 1960s

Icarus, the little Dublin literary magazine which soared

Literature / 26 Nov 19

"New skin care products containing probiotics or prebiotics claim a multitude of benefits from delivering healthier more radiant skin to treating conditions like acne, eczema and body odour"

Why is the beauty business getting dirty?

Beauty / 12 Nov 19

"Music has the ability to move us and to transform our mood, depending on the individual and the context in which it is listened." Photo: Matt Cardy/Getty Images

Music still sounds better with you

Music / 08 Nov 19

Lights, cameras, tax relief

Time for a close-up on Section 481's impact on Irish film culture

Film / 07 Nov 19

"The high number of participants who were suspended or expelled from school supports a call in the report for a national target of no student to be suspended or expelled from school"

The links between adverse school experiences and homelessness

Education / 06 Nov 19

"No wonder the subsequent lighting of the great Samhain fire held much significance returning warmth and light once more while keeping the forces of death at bay for another year." Photo: Shay Murphy/Getty Images

How the Irish Celts invented Halloween

Folklore / 31 Oct 19

"You will take about 40,000 steps during the marathon." Photo: Getty Images

What happens to your body when you run a marathon?

Marathon / 17 Dec 19

"Prolonged sleep deficiency in childhood and adolescence can have a negative impact on brain development". Photo: Getty Images

How sleep loss affects children's health

Children / 17 Oct 19

Turkey's incursion into and attack on northern Syria have major implications for the entire area

What does Turkey's attack on Syria mean for the key players?

Syria / 11 Oct 19

"Googling a word often returns the Urban Dictionary definition in the first few hits". Photo: Getty Images

Urban Dictionary's growing lexicon of misogyny

Slang / 08 Oct 19

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