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"Votes obviously matter when it comes to determining who wins a presidential election contest, but where you win those votes is also important"

The 10 swing states that will decide the US presidential election

US election 2020 • 04 Sep

"With more people wanting organic produce that is grown and distributed with a low carbon footprint, growing and raising urban food is slowly becoming an integral part of our towns and cities"

All you need to know about urban farming

Urban farming • 03 Sep

A lander monitoring station at the edge of the Porcupine Bank Canyon, 300km west of Dingle at 700m water depth. Photo: Aaron Lim UCC

Under the sea: finding out more about corals in the Atlantic

Marine • 02 Sep

"There are risks associated with remote hearings, especially so for vulnerable people, for whom it may exacerbate the challenges associated with participating effectively in the criminal process."

How remote court hearings present challenges for young people

Dublin's Berlin D2 where a brunch event attracted much criticism after a video showed attendees not complying with Covid-19 public health guidance

Ethics and the virus: 'nothing spoils mighty craic like ethics'

Ethics • 28 Aug

'Clearly, Ireland needs a national strategy to allow us to get ahead of the virus: we need a Zero COVID or virus elimination approach'

What can Ireland do to achieve zero Covid-19?

Public Health • 25 Aug

"Since the course of sepsis is characterised by hyper-inflammation, maybe we can use a worm's know-how to counteract this?" Photo: Getty Images

Could parasitic worms help cure a blood infection like sepsis?

Health • 19 Aug

Hey bud, two metres please

How do tiny organisms like bacteria communicate?

Bacteria • 13 Aug

How we deal with traumatic events

Podcast • 13 Aug

GPT-3: 'you type some text to it and it responds with text'

Is GPT-3 the big leap forward for AI?

technology • 12 Aug

Charles Browne measures Tom Connelly on Inis Mór in 1892 while Alfred Haddon notes the data. Photo: courtesy of the Board of Trinity College Dublin

The head-hunter who measured Irishmen's skulls

History • 11 Aug

'A recent study projected a global world population of 8.79 billion by 2100, considerably below previous UN estimates'

Are children going out of fashion?

Society • 05 Aug

Tuam Mother and Baby Home survivor Teresa O'Sullivan as a baby

What the Tuam Oral History Project tells us about Ireland's past

History • 30 Jul

Out of sight, but not out of mind

What happens to the waste that goes down the drain in your home?

Podcast • 31 Jul

'There's a big difference between returning for a funeral or to see family and visiting for a holiday'

When you can't go home: Irish citizens abroad and the lockdown

Ireland • 29 Jul

Any shy voters in there?

Putting a poll in the field: the rise and fall of opinion polls

Opinion Polls • 28 Jul

Clashes occur between unionist shipyard workers and striking republicans on York Street, Belfast in September 1920. Photo: Hulton Archive/Getty Images

'A carnival of terrorism': the story of the Belfast riots of 1920

History • 27 Jul

"The provision of a payment deferrals and reductions is a pragmatic response in light of the unprecedented breadth of the economic impact of the pandemic"

What's the legal effect of Covid-19 payment breaks on mortgages?

Mortgages • 27 Jul

The foundation of an alternative legal system by the first Dáil played a key role in the setting up of a counter-state

The story of the first Dáil's 'illegal' legal system

History • 24 Jul

Thomas Conneff: "in 1891, he reduced the American mile record to 4 minutes 21 seconds and ran it in 4 minutes 17.8 seconds two years later"

'The little Irish wonder': Ireland's greatest unknown athlete

Sport • 21 Jul

"The attention to privacy and data protection in the design of the tracker function is welcome, but it is the least we should expect"

Why have over a million Irish people downloaded the Covid-19 app?

Covid Tracker App • 20 Jul

Kilmainham Gaol, one of 750 National Monuments under the care of the Office of Public Works

What's the government's problem with heritage?

Heritage • 17 Jul

"The most striking modern use of the body-as-machine metaphor isn't in explaining how the body works, but in how it fails to work"

Why do we talk about our bodies as if they were machines?

Ideas • 16 Jul

Is the future of work going to be your sofa?

What's next for the 9 to 5 world of the workplace?

Work & careers • 16 Jul

"Online fast fashion retail giant Boohoo, owner of brands like Nasty Gal and PrettyLittleThing, is the biggest buyer of clothes from Leicester's garment factories."

How your cheap t-shirt may have caused Leicester's lockdown

Coronavirus • 14 Jul

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