A Nobel Prize for climate modellers a sign of the times
Without their tools it would be impossible to make predictions for Earth’s future
Three share physics Nobel Prize for work on climate change
Scientists recognised for advances in understanding challenges of global warning
Anti-vaccination campaigner Dolores Cahill no longer employed by UCD
Controversial academic said children who wore face masks would have a lower IQ
Anti-vaccine campaigner Dolores Cahill no longer listed on UCD staff directory
Academic has been prominent anti-lockdown activist during Covid-19 pandemic
How did a UCD professor become a leading purveyor of misinformation?
Dolores Cahill’s endeavours and comments have created a significant headache for her employer
Covid-19: Scientists identify genes which help bats fight viruses
Genetic material which gives bats natural superpowers revealed for the first time
The cavemen within: Did love, not war, bring an end to Neanderthals?
Scientists believe humans and Neanderthals merged in Europe to become one new species
Air pollution killing nearly 9m people a year, report finds
Experts say lives are being shortened by an average of about three years for people across the globe
Ireland lagging behind in funding ‘blue skies’ scientific research
‘Without continuous developments and insights from basic research, applied research may eventually wither away’
Skull discovery ‘a game changer’ in understanding of human evolution
Researchers say 3.8 million-year-old fossil sheds new light on what ancestors looked like
What’s inside a black hole? We’re looking into it
Physicist Ana Alonso-Serrano on black holes, wormholes and the multiverse theory
Heavyweight in the field of gravity research
Q&A: physicist Dr Daniele Oriti, group leader at the Max Planck Institute
Social media narrows collective attention span- study
Crisis stems from a ‘fear of missing out’ on social media and 24-hour breaking news
Continental life rich in opportunities for cancer researcher
Wild Geese: Dr Joseph Regan, research scientist with Bayer AG in Berlin
New DNA techniques will spark archeology revolution, expert says
Prof Pääbo has resurrected the Neanderthal genome by sequencing DNA from tiny bone fragments
Irish hunter-gatherers may have become ill from undercooked fish
Work on Mesolithic site shows ‘unprecedented’ insights into early Irish diet
The future of outdoor advertising includes deep learning
Researchers believe they have found solution to key problem with eye-tracking equipment
Brexit may curtail my lecturing career in the UK
UK and Irish academia offer similar ethos and salaries, but there are fewer jobs at home
Christians, Buddhists, Hindus and Muslims united on climate issues
World religions call out as one for urgent environmental care for planet Earth
A link between physics, maths and the Mayans
Prof Werner Nahm’s work in blending a rigorous mathematical discipline with theories about how the universe formed has had an international impact, and he is also an authority on Mayan texts
Astronomers discover high energy ‘super bubble’
First time super bubble linked to such high energy and seen in neighbouring galaxy
Watch this space: Lero’s software research can later apply to down-to-earth situations
The Irish software research centre has won another valuable contract with the European Space Agency
Birth of third child ‘does not make parents happier’
Age at which people become first-time parents also determines fulfilment, study shows
For bats, love is blind – and increasingly loud
A recent study of bat mating behaviour addresses the question of whether female sexual preferences for high-pitched calls can be bad for the males
Monkeys and bird brains prove power of animal learning curve
Brazilian marmosets follow virtual teacher to unlock artificial fruit
Neanderthal experts gather in Galway to pay tribute to their scientific godfather
Term ‘homo neanderthalensis’ first coined on university campus 150 years ago
Another Life: What do birds dream about?
A study of zebra finches found them practising their songs. Other birds need to stay more alert, so only one side of their brain goes to sleep at a time
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