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Peat bogs in Connemara. Photo: David Lefranc/Kipa/Sygma via Getty Images

How to read the climate history of a bog

"Burial close to a saint would increase the chances of getting into heaven, as if the saint's resurrection on Judgment Day would act like a vortex pulling other souls out of the ground with him/her"

The cult of the dead in medieval Ireland

History / 31 Oct

Over 600 Irish people were waiting for organ transplants in early 2019

Will a new policy mean more organ donations in Ireland?

Health / 25 Oct

Daniela Vega as Marina in A Fantastic Woman

How an Academy Award helped secure transgender rights in Chile

"The lecturer has a responsibility to make students feel visible and valued, even in large classes"

Why saying hello is a good idea in third-level education

Education / 18 Oct

The European Southern Observatory (ESO) is leading the way in the detection of other planets capable of supporting life. Photo: Getty Images

How close are we to finding life beyond the solar system?

Astronomy / 17 Oct

No-one is leaving until Tony Connelly gets here

How to unlock the Brexit conundrum

Brexit / 16 Oct

"The consequences of rising sea levels around our coasts are serious". Photo: Joe Raedle/ Getty Images

How maths can calculate climate change's impact on our sea levels

Climate Change / 14 Oct

"Irish Gen Z-ers have expressed apprehensions about their ability to communicate face-to-face and develop functional relationships off-line"

Meet your new workmates: Generation Z's views on work and careers

Work & careers / 08 Oct

"History can foster citizenship in ways that other subjects cannot."

Why the study of history is so crucial for our society

History / 04 Oct

The conflict between Ukraine and Russia has already cost the former more than 13,000 lives

Will Ukraine's president be able to stop the war with Russia?

Ukraine / 02 Oct

Flooding in Galway after Storm Erik in February 2019. Photo: Pat McGrath

We need to talk about how we adapt to climate change

Climate Change / 19 hrs

"The organisms are not fussy about what gut they live in"

What happens when the drugs don't work?

Podcast / 30 Aug

"What has emerged is that the desires fomented by the Counterculture have created new opportunities for exploitation and control that we are only now coming to realise"

The Great Hack: from the Counterculture to Cambridge Analytica

Social Media / 27 Aug

"Many nations have developed robust legislation to protect intellectual property, as well as measures to ensure this protection could be enforced"

How protecting intellectual property can impact on human rights

Intellectual Property / 13 Aug

"Parental imprisonment affects an estimated 6,000 children in Ireland at any one time"

How would you cope as a child with a parent in prison?

Prison / 20 Aug

Convicted rapist and serial killer Rodney Alcala is featured in Murder Made Me Famous. He was dubbed the "Dating Game Killer" because of his 1978 appearance on US TV show The Dating Game in the midst of his murder spree.

How healthy is our obsession with true crime?

True crime / 09 Aug

"We need to imagine a time in the future when cows can text you to tell it's time for milking"

Meet the farmers of tomorrow

Podcast / 07 Aug

"The originality of Black Spot lies in its extensive use of imagery from the popular repository of Celtic mythology, cleverly reworked for the 21st century"

How Celtic history is ripe for use in modern TV and film

Folklore / 07 Aug

Stellan Skarsgård and Jared Harris in HBO's Chernobyl

How HBO's Chernobyl addresses 21st century concerns

Philosophy / 06 Aug

"We sleep for 27 years of our life so sleep is pretty important"

The A to Zzz of sleep

Podcast / 06 Nov

There's a new man in charge in Kiev

Will Ukraine's new president have the last laugh?

Ukraine / 16 Jul

Ivanka Trump: "If she ever wanted to run for president", the current US president said, "I think she'd be very, very hard to beat."

The problem with Ivanka

Ivanka Trump / 27 Sep

"New forms of spirituality might appear to be untethered to established religious traditions, but these beliefs never go away, but simply change form"

The surprising ways spirituality informs how we think about work

Work & careers / 11 Jul

The cast of the Lizzie Bennet Diaries in the spotlight. Photo: Getty Images

Telling the story of Pride & Prejudice on social media

Literature / 25 Jun

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