The science behind the spicy food you eat How hot things get in your mouth depends on the capsaicin chemicals to be found in the chilli peppers in your food Food • 22 Jul
If deadlines are ruining your life, here's how to change that There are some steps to take to make deadlines your friend rather than your enemy Work and Careers • 14 Jul
How we coached Thomas Barr for the Olympics during a pandemic Covid-19 has taught us much more than we expected about coaching athletes for the Olympic Games Athletics • 13 Jul
Are you ready for the four-day working week? This might be a good time to re-examine long-standing assumptions about how and when we work Work and Careers • 09 Jul
What's the impact of postcodes on Dublin house prices? Here's how a house's postcode, size, description, features and BER rating affects prices across the capital Housing • 06 Jul
How balloons will send Irish kids' science experiments into space Experiments from 300 Irish primary school students form part of the Spaceship Earth project launching this week Science • 01 Jul
Here's why your boss really wants you back in the office Performance management is the real unspoken reason behind the rush to bring us back to open-plan office hell Offices • 30 Jun
Irish kids & housework: boys will be boys and girls do the dishes While most children do very little housework, research has found that it's mostly girls who pick up the slack Children • 20 Jul
Is Ireland about to lose over €2 billion a year in tax revenue? The G7's backing of a 15% global corporate tax rate will have implications for Ireland Tax • 08 Jun
How the groups we belong to affect how we think, feel and behave A focus on what people have in common may be key to ensuring harmony - even with Brexit and Northern Ireland Identity • 04 Jun
Sex and the Irish: has lockdown led to more babies? We won't see the full impact of the lockdowns on birth rates for a while, but there will certainly be long-term consequences Ireland • 03 Jun
What monsters tell us about the modern world The monster can enlighten us, liberate us and reveal how we are the monsters Society • 25 May
Could the manufacturing sector also work from home? New technologies could allow manufacturing to return to the days of artistans and outsourced producers working from home Work and Careers • 19 May
Why are birth rates falling in Ireland? 'The average number of children born to a woman aged 15 to 44 has dropped from four in 1965 down to 1.75 in 2018' Society • 03 Jun
How exercise can make you smarter and protect your brain Aside from physical and mental health benefits, regular exercise can also boost our brains Health • 18 May
'Covid has created huge amounts of hidden emotional distress' The pandemic has meant young people have lost years of their lives and are extremely anxious and stressed Health • 17 May
The unlikely face of resistance within Nazi Germany On her 100th anniversary, the memory of Sophie Scholl has been used as a counter-image to vicious Nazi thugs responsible for World War II and ... Sophie Scholl • 07 May
Are electric vehicles really better for the environment? Even while factoring in the impact from manufacturing, the environmental benefit of using electric vehicles outweighs their ICE (Internal Combustion Engine) counterparts over the long ... Electric Vehicle • 13 Apr
The challenge in striking the right balance with Covid apps When society begins to open up and the virus is less pervasive, a more nuanced approach towards contact tracing apps may be appropriate, but even ... technology • 12 Apr
The key to a good work-life balance: family-friendly policies The role played by such policies should then go beyond just determining the definitions of 'work' and 'workplace' and into promoting a more equal social ... work • 06 Apr
Rugby referees and the art of effective communication Teams pride themselves in having low penalty counts and refer to 'good discipline' but rarely considered in this context is the influence of the referee ... Rugby • 19 Apr
All you need to know about turf cutting While turf cutting may be part of our culture, the long-term benefits of protecting bogs outweighs the benefits of cheap fuel Bogs • 25 Mar
Is email ruining your life? Email has become the bane of many people's working and personal life so is there any way back? Work and Careers • 24 Mar
Who is the greatest snooker player of all time? Researchers have crunched 53 years of data from 47,710 matches to find out the answer. Snooker • 15 Apr
From Elvis to The Muppets, the story of "Danny Boy" Just how did "Danny Boy" became a song loved and hated in equal measures? st patricks day • 16 Mar
