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Many people believe open-plan offices were devised by Satan in the deepest caverns of hell

How to design a better office

Offices / 24 Jan

"People often feel uncomfortable if others know their salary"

How much are you paid?

Salaries / 16 Jan

"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 / 10 Jan

Home for the Christmas with James Stewart, Donna Reed) and Karolyn Grimes

Why It's A Wonderful Life is still a winner today

Film / 12 Dec 19

"Pain is a subjective experience. No other person, and no test, can tell who is or is not in pain, or how severe the pain is."

Back pain: are you saying it's all in my head?

Health / 28 Nov 19

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 / 22 Nov 19

Historical re-enactment of a surgeon operating on an archer who was wounded during an attack by the Mamluks on the monastery of the Order of the Hospitallers (1250-1291) in Acre in Israel. Photo: DeAgostini/ Getty Images

What was it like to go to the doctor in medieval Ireland?

Medicine / 14 Nov 19

"Music has the ability to move us and to transform our mood, depending on the individual and the context in which it is listened." Photo: Matt Cardy/Getty Images

Music still sounds better with you

Music / 08 Nov 19

"You will take about 40,000 steps during the marathon." Photo: Getty Images

What happens to your body when you run a marathon?

Marathon / 17 Dec 19

"The subjective nature of luxury now means that a vast array of brands have associated themselves to the luxury tagline". Photo by Dominika Zarzycka/NurPhoto via Getty Images

Just what does luxury mean in 2019?

Luxury / 23 Oct 19

Successful executives are often charismatic, confident and driven, characteristics sometimes linked to Antisocial Personality Disorder

My boss is a psychopath: why bad people get good jobs

Work & careers / 11 Oct 19

"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 19

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

What happens when the drugs don't work?

Podcast / 30 Aug 19

"We've got really difficult social issues in Ireland which overlap with carbon reduction and climate change"

Is it time to give nuclear power a chance?

Podcast / 23 Aug 19

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 19

"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 19

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

The A to Zzz of sleep

Podcast / 06 Nov 19

"Kids don't necessarily need the latest Buzz Lightyear or Woody or Paw Patrol to play"

Why risky play is good for kids

Podcast / 01 Aug 19

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

Bugging out about bees, spiders and more

Podcast / 01 Aug 19

You can't blame the Brussels sprouts in January. Photo: Getty Images

The science of farting

Health / 30 Dec 19

"There is growing evidence that young players and athletes thrive on a mixture of challenge and support"

Why do so many under-age stars fail to make the senior grade?

The moment when you realise you've ran out of shower gel

The science of horror movies

Horror Movies / 08 Nov 19

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