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The future is green: "biofuel production from carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide can help to reduce air pollution and generate valuable chemicals." Photo: Getty Images

Can greenhouse gases and carbon monoxide be turned into biofuels?

Energy / 12 hrs

"In my opinion, it is not they who succeeded, but it is more likely us who have failed"

What is driving protests against new direct provision centres?

Ireland / 06 Nov

"This cultural marginalisation represents a mutual loss for both the country and this ethnic minority" Photo: National Library of Ireland

Travellers' culture is 'ignored, rejected and marginalised'

Ireland / 23 Oct

"Leaving a violent home can put migrant women alone in the asylum system if they want to be allowed to stay in the country". Photo: Getty Images

How Ireland's asylum system commits violence against women

Society / 22 Oct

"Ireland's Central Bank has improved much since the 2008 crisis and is one of the few Irish public bodies making whistleblower information available"

What I learned about Irish banking culture from whistleblowers

Banking / 21 Oct

"In Ireland, as well as having a mandatory life sentence for murder, we also have a broad definition for the offence"

Why does Ireland have so many prisoners serving life sentences?

Hamilton's quaternions had become the industry standard by the time NASA's Magellan probe to map Venus took off in 1989. Photo: Roger Ressmeyer/Corbis/ VCG via Getty Images

How a 19th century Irish mathematician helped NASA into space

Brainstorm / 16 Oct

A key aspect of developing robust responses to climate change is the need to encourage innovation in technologies and techniques

Why policy changes are key to encouraging climate innovation

Climate Change / 19 Sep

Fireman Sam: "there has been a huge pushback against limiting representation for male and female characters"

How Fireman Sam made one fire brigade see red

Children / 19 Sep

Lana Del Rey: "call her Doris Doomsday" Photo: Darren Gerrish/BFC/Getty Images

Songs for the end of the world: pop music and climate change

Climate Change / 6 hrs

Facing the cameras: Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg in Dublin in 2019

Can we trust Facebook to behave responsibly with our privacy?

Privacy / 12 Sep

Members of the Army Ranger Wing take part in an exercise. Photo: Óglaigh na hÉireann via Flickr

Why are Ireland's Army Ranger Wing going to Mali?

Irish Army / 04 Nov

"We inherited our emphasis on State secrecy from the British, but we enthusiastically embraced it"

Why does the State have so many secrets on its citizens?

Podcast / 06 Sep

"Glyphosate may be replaced with multiple chemicals to perform the same task, which could result in a 'cocktail' of chemical exposures"

What a pesticide like glyphosate is doing to your health

Environment / 05 Sep

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

What happens when the drugs don't work?

Podcast / 30 Aug

George Gabriel Stokes. Image: Royal Society

The story of Irish mathematician George Gabriel Stokes

History / 28 Aug

A cyclist in Oslo, a city slowly but surely reducing the number of cars in its city centre. Photo: Fredrik Varfjell/AFP/Getty Images

Reclaiming the streets from the car

Podcast / 16 Aug

Boris Johnson at the launch of his book "The Churchill Factor: How One Man Made History" in 2014. Photo: David M. Benett/ Getty Images

Boris Johnson, Winston Churchill and the United States of Europe

Boris Johnson / 13 Aug

This year's Rose of Tralee contestants: "far from being passive, blandly interchangeable "lovely girls", their achievements and lives reflect the changing role of women in Irish society and abroad"

Ireland's strange relationship with the Rose of Tralee

Rose of Tralee 2019 / 19 Aug

"Finding ways for people to have their say in a meaningful way is at the centre of The People's Trial." Photo: Aengus McMahon/ NUI Galway

Who wants to be a citizen scientist?

Science / 12 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

"70% of young men and 15% of women are watching porn every week." Photo: Getty Images

The importance of porn literacy for young Irish people

Sex education / 30 Jul

The iconic photo of Fr Edward Daly during Blood Sunday

How the Catholic Church impacted on the Troubles

Northern Ireland / 24 Jul

RTÉ's bee-friendly zone. Photo: Ciaran O'Byrne

Bugging out about bees, spiders and more

Podcast / 01 Aug

"It is worth reflecting on the struggle between technology and its (in)ability to help us measure and manage our time"

What time is it? A brief history of time management

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