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"Our current situation is unlikely to help parents who were afraid of the effect of too much screen time and social media"

Socially stranded teens, mental health and the pandemic

Coronavirus / 03 Apr

Alison Spittle, the queenpin behind the #CovideoParty series of collective online film-watching

Why are audiences seeking out live collective events online?

Coronavirus / 02 Apr

"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

Coronavirus / 27 Mar

$Tupolev TU-95 bombers fly over Moscow's Red Square during a Victory Day military parade in May 2016. Photo: Marina Lystseva\TASS via Getty Images$

Why are Russian military aircraft flying in Irish airspace?

Ireland / 20 Mar

"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 outbreak

Coronavirus / 25 Mar

"Nature has been experimenting for millions of years to find solutions against infectious diseases"

Can a new wipe developed in Galway tackle the coronavirus?

Research / 12 Mar

US vice-president Mike Pence meets troops at Shannon airport in January 2020

The problem with Shannon airport's contentious US visitors

Shannon Airport / 11 Mar

"An opportunity was lost by failing to implement the Kenny Report in properly planning our urban areas"

Could the Kenny Report solve the Irish housing crisis?

Housing / 18 Mar

"Companies are recognising that ideas are their most precious commodity and employees who produce them are in demand"

5 ways to increase your personal creativity

Creativity / 09 Mar

Mace Head: "effectively measuring how dirty the cleanest air in Europe is"

How a Galway weather station keeps track of climate change

Climate Change / 10 Mar

"Greater numerical parity will not necessarily challenge women's inequality in a traditionally masculine dominated institution"

How can more women be recruited and retained in the military?

Military / 06 Mar

Date from the survey showed that coverage centred on extreme weather events in almost half of all climate-reported media

How media coverage shapes our opinion of climate change

Climate Change / 05 Mar

Bernie Sanders: "is America ready for "democratic socialism", however loosely defined?"

Does Bernie Sanders have what it takes to beat Donald Trump?

2020 US Presidential Election / 03 Mar

"Pain is more than just a check-engine light on a dashboard"

The complex world of pain

Health / 28 Feb

"The phenomenon of human trafficking in Uganda is both transnational and internal." Photo: Gianluigi Guercia/AFP via Getty Images

How Uganda has dealt with human trafficking

Human Rights / 20 Feb

"Evidence brought before the Supreme Court in 1975 showed that only nine of the 700,000 persons who had been eligible for jury service in the 10 years prior to the case had been women"

Why were women absent from Irish juries for 50 years?

"A graduated response to dispute resolution can begin with less adversarial approaches though mediation". Photo: Getty Images

Why it's time to reform the family law system

Family Law / 18 Feb

"These words are used to create an ideological firewall against meaningful public debate on how the financial system could be organised to promote socially and environmentally sustainable development of people, households and society"

Why words matter when it comes to human rights and housing

Housing / 17 Feb

Coming soon to Oranmore and Bearna. Photo: Getty Images

The maths of public transport in Galway

Public Transport / 13 Feb

Many large animals, such as Bowhead whales, have multiple copies of protective genes to beat the DNA errors which can cause cancer and tumours. Photo: Getty Images

Why do some animals live longer than others?

animals / 03 Feb

"Coronaviruses are common in nature and are a broad family of viruses that exist mainly in animal populations with only six coronaviruses are known to ever have infected humans"

How science is dealing with the outbreak of coronavirus

Coronavirus / 29 Jan

"Rents in Ireland are the highest in the EU, relative to house prices and are beginning to match the exclusive districts of New York and London."

3 questions to ask your would-be TD about housing

Election 2020 / 27 Jan

"All couples argue, but it is a question of how couples argue and resolve differences". Photo: Getty Images

7 myths about domestic violence

Domestic Violence / 23 Jan

"When they met people they were unfamiliar with, most of the babies were able to match the language they used to the language of the person."

How your bilingual baby's brain handles two languages

Children / 01 Apr

"Eviction is not one of life's ups and downs; it is a mark of punishment inflicted by society through State institutions and the legal system"

The significant human rights issues around evictions in Ireland

Evictions / 16 Jan

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