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Maura Higgins: "it's predictable which regional accents are going to criticised and this was backed up by Twitter postings"

What Love Island says about our reaction to how others speak

Love Island / 09 Jul

"Hearing the opening bars of a theme tune from your childhood is an instant transporter to your formative years"

Friends, Spice Girls, Westlife: why are we so mad for nostalgia?

Pop Culture / 08 Jul

"Gender equality is not an option, but the only desirable version of society"

Why feminism can be good for men

Feminism / 02 Jul

OMG there are only two rooms left at that 600 room hotel!

Selling fast: the hidden world of online pricing

Online Retail / 24 Jun

"Shoppers who look at their phones spend more time in the store, look at more products, and buy more things" Photo: Shutterstock/Rocketclips Inc

Using your smartphone at the supermarket can add 41% to your bill

Retail / 27 May

"There are scientifically proven ways to improve the boarding process or at least speed it up so that it can be over and done with more quickly" Photo: Chameleons Eye/Shutterstock

Stand in from the aisle: here's how we should be boarding planes

Aviation / 24 May

"In 1960, the average sleep for an adult in the United States was 8.5 hours per night. Nowadays, the mean sleep is less than seven hours."

Nodding off: measuring the quality and duration of sleep

Health / 23 May

Craft or crafty?

All you ever wanted to know about craft beer

Craft beer / 17 May

Summertime and the sneezin' is easy. Photo: Mandy Godbehear/ Shutterstock

What is hay fever - and why do I have it?

Health / 13 May

"Based on the figure 8, the bee scout moves at an angle, waggles, reverses direction and waggles some more"

How bees use the waggle dance as Google Maps for pollen

"If moral pressure is deemed not to be enough to help threatened habitats and species, such as the bee, should we impose new legal obligations?"

To bee or not to bee: can the law save the bee?

Baby Sussex's godparents are to be announced.

Why do we have godparents?

Family / 10 May

The $11m kid: toy reviewer Ryan from Ryan ToysReview. Photo: Kevin Winter/Getty Images

So you want to be a social media influencer....

The grey squirrel, one of Ireland's Top 10 unwanted species. Photo: Brian Keeley

Close encounters with Ireland's invasive species

Nature / 08 Apr

Actor Billy Porter skirts into the Academy Awards ceremony in February. Photo: EPA-EFE

Why shouldn't men wear skirts?

Fashion / 27 Mar

A cockatoo shows off 14 'self-taught' dance moves

Everybody dance: can animals feel the beat?

animals / 10 Jul

Aisling authors and creators Emer McLysaght and Sarah Breen

How a woman called Aisling puts modern Ireland on the page

Just say no

Here's what happens to your brain when you give up sugar for Lent

Neuroscience / 06 Mar

"Other plants showed early seasonal change indicating an early arrival for spring, such as daffodils flowering in January"

Mild, cold mild, cold: is our spring weather confusing nature?

Nature / 29 Mar

"Appreciation is growing of the role the microbes in our gut play in determining a person's level of susceptibility to stress"

Is a child's mental health linked to stress during pregnancy?

Family / 04 Mar

Meghan Markle: "everyone should be afforded the opportunity to receive the education they want, but more importantly the education they have the right to receive."

Why Meghan Markle raised awareness about education in Morocco

Meghan Markle / 03 May

A Wedding Dance (1848) by Daniel MacDonald. Photo: Crawford Art Gallery, Cork

Say yes to the dress: Irish wedding traditions back in the day

Weddings / 26 Feb

The Wall by John Lanchester (Faber & Faber)

Books Reviews: 'A concrete metaphor of these uneasy times'

lifestyle / 25 Feb

Remember to prune your autumn-fruiting raspberries.

Dermot O'Neill's Gardens: The best tree to grow in Irish gardens

lifestyle / 25 Feb

Graham Norton's Own Gin (RRP €39) is available exclusively at SuperValu.

Food notes: Graham Norton gets in on the gin business

lifestyle / 02 Mar

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