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Forcing staff back to office will destroy diversity of workforce

Well-educated and culturally rich employees will quit jobs if work from home not option

Consuming slightly less salt can have big health benefits

Reducing sodium helps address high blood pressure, which affects most over-45s

Three economists share Nobel Prize for pioneering ‘natural experiments’

Research showed immigration does not always cut pay for native-born workers

US-based trio claim Nobel economics prize for ‘natural experiments’

David Card awarded half of prize, other half shared by Joshua Angrist and Guido Imbens

How to help your teen develop a healthier relationship with social media

Consider letting your child text with a best friend on a shared family device to start

‘The pursuit of knowledge has value in and of itself’

My Career Path: English literature grad Dr Maurice J Casey received a Fulbright student award to study at Stanford

Taliban takeover shines light on awkward relationship with Pakistan

Islamabad fears takeover will spark flood of refugees and rouse extremist groups in region

Mixed performance among Irish universities in latest university rankings

Trinity climbs to 146th, but four colleges slip down Times Higher Education league table

Is an exoskeleton suit the next step into the future?

Wearable technology may make exercising easier or help patients who struggle to walk

Breathing wildfire smoke while pregnant increases risk of premature birth – study

Smoky California air may have caused 7,000 preterm births, Stanford study finds

Thrive alive-oh: Arianna Huffington sets her sights on Dublin

Huffington’s wellbeing start-up Thrive Global is opening up an operation in Dublin city

How fermented foods may alter your microbiome and improve your health

Foods like yogurt, kimchi, sauerkraut and kombucha lead to less inflammation

Apple to only seek abuse images flagged in multiple nations, it says

Apple acknowledges it had handled communications around the issue poorly

Is US trading app Robinhood too much of a gamble for investors?

App luring newbies into stocks and cryptos valued at up to $40bn ahead of flotation

Gene causing sickle cell disease removed by scientists

Study opens door to similar gene-cutting strategies to cure a range of genetic diseases

Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it’s a flying car

Several Silicon Valley companies are aiming to make flying as easy as calling for a taxi

If you think we’ve just had ‘a year like no other’, you need a history lesson

The perception that 2020 was unprecedented is inaccurate, says Niall Ferguson

The simple tools that helped companies resist pandemic crisis

Already well-managed businesses were better at adapting to remote working in 2020

‘Zoom gloom’: How to avoid it while still learning

Endless stream of video calls can cause exhaustion, dissonance and fatigue

Joanne O’Riordan: A winning platform for women in sport

Just Women’s Sports hopes to level the playing field for female sports content

Crispr babies: How a rogue scientist took the role of God

The ethics of editing humans are fraught and complex, argues Henry Greely

Ireland will not fall over if the crutch of low corporate tax is kicked away

Net Results: Ireland’s attractiveness to US multinationals is built on far more than tax

Robinhood submits plan to regulators for IPO

The company is yet to determine the number of shares to be offered and the price range

Video conferencing is exhausting, and that's official

Karlin Lillington: New study suggests simple ways to help you get through virtual meetings

Making Caesarean section surgery safer, easier and faster

Start-up Nua Surgical’s SteriCision, a retractor device, tackles many major unmet needs

Big rise in CO2 emissions cut ‘needed to stem climate emergency’

Reductions due to coronavirus pandemic will prove temporary, concludes global stocktake

Chris Horn: A rundown on the evolution of batteries

As energy storage becomes a greater part of our lives, R&D is set to keep making strides

‘A ghastly future’: Leading scientists offer bleak prediction for civilisation

Biodiversity loss and climate change coupled with inaction ‘threatens survival of all species’

VW set to steal a major lead in EV range and recharge from 2024

German car giant plans to switch to Solid State EV batteries by 2024

Vaccinated people will still need to wear a mask. Here’s why

New vaccines should protect you from Covid. It’s unclear if they stop you spreading the virus

Feeling extra stressed or anxious? Here at 10 ways to feel calmer

You may not be able to speed up the election results or a Covid vaccine, but you have the power to take care of yourself

The real Contagion virus is out there and it’s causing virologists to worry

There are fears Nipah virus – which has a mortality rate of between 40 and 100% – could become more transmissible

‘Very nice!’: Kazakhstan adopts Borat’s catchphrase in tourism campaign

Visitors ‘can see that Borat’s homeland is nicer than they may have heard’

Doctors’ letter calls for new strategy to ‘co-exist’ with Covid-19

Former FF minister among doctors who say Ireland is ‘lurching from crisis to crisis’

Self-made women, a K-pop triumph and the late night Nobel doorbell

Planet Business: Miss flying? Thai Airways has an almost perfect solution

Knock knock, who’s there? The Nobel prize for economics

Bob Wilson had to wake fellow winner Paul Milgrom when news broke in the middle of the night

Nobel Prize in economics awarded to duo for work on auction theory

Stanford professors responsible for new formats used widely around the world

Why jokes among colleagues are needed now more than ever

The pandemic has stolen a basic ingredient from everyday working life: humour

Advertisers strike deal with Facebook, YouTube and Twitter on harmful content

Agreement on definitions for hate speech, reporting standards and external auditors

Elon Musk’s neuroscience startup unveils computer chip in pig’s brain

Neuralink project hopes to help cure neurological conditions like Alzheimer’s, dementia and spinal cord injuries

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