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$Marie Curie in her Paris laboratory. Photo: Keystone-France\Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images$

5 trailblazing women who've won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry

Chemistry • 06 Oct 20

Vittorio Buffachi at UCC: "I'm no longer an Anglophile, I now consider myself a proud Hibernophile." Photo: Emmet Curtin

How I became disillusioned with the UK and fell for Ireland

Ireland • 18 Nov 20

Joe Caslin's Resilient/Resilience installation

Just what exactly is resilience anyway?

Psychology • 06 Oct 20

Will you be cycling more 10 years from now?

Why we need a technological dialogue around climate change

Transport • 01 Oct 20

"As a global society, we have become dependent on a small number of species for our food, beverages, medicines, and energy sources." Photo: Brian Smith

'Two in five plant species are at risk of extinction'

Plants • 30 Sep 20

Galway's Joe Canning leaves the pitch on a stretcher with concussion during the All-Ireland senior hurling semi-final at Croke Park in November 2020. Photo: Brendan Moran/ Sportsfile via Getty Images

9 things to know about concussion in sport

Sport • 30 Nov 20

"Measures such as pseudo-anonymization and encryption are totally impractical for local restaurants, beauticians and churches"

Has the right to privacy taken a back seat during the pandemic?

Coronavirus • 01 Oct 20

Kerry's Great Blasket Island. Photo: Seán Mac an tSíthigh/RTÉ

Why does Kerry have a lower rate of Covid-19 than other counties?

Coronavirus • 29 Sep 20

William Petty: "it is clear from Petty's work that not all lives 'count' the same" Image: Universal History Archive/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

How Oliver Cromwell's doctor pioneered the use of statistics

History • 25 Sep 20

"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 20

"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 20

Ireland's corals 300km off the coast of Kerry. Photo: Aaron Lim

What we know about Ireland's corals in the deep Atlantic

Marine • 22 Jan

"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

law • 31 Aug 20

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 • 30 Sep 20

'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 20

"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 20

Hey bud, two metres please

How do tiny organisms like bacteria communicate?

Bacteria • 13 Aug 20

How we deal with traumatic events

Podcast • 13 Aug 20

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 20

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 • 15 Oct 20

'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 20

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 20

Out of sight, but not out of mind

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

Podcast • 31 Jul 20

'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 20

Any shy voters in there?

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

Opinion Polls • 28 Jul 20

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