‘Very satisfying, but madly fortunate, to have won’: student Oscar Despard on his University Challenge victory
Celebrations at Dublin’s Bretzel Bakery as president sends congratulations to captain of Christ’s College, Cambridge, team
University Of Cambridge
Now we know adolescence is ‘a clever way to grow a brain’
Deeper understanding of how our brains develop could inform changes in our schools and penal systems - and explain teenagers’ assorted hairstyles and musical tastes
Justice Brian Murray nominated for appointment to Supreme Court
Constitutional law expert represented State in opposing Graham Dwyer data case
Breakthrough could be key to harnessing the power of the sun
Irish nanoscientist Kyle Frohna is at the forefront of crucial perovskites research
The Armagh woman who made one of the greatest astronomical discoveries of 20th century
Wild Geese: Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell says there were upsides to not winning a Nobel prize
DNA from Sitting Bull’s hair confirms US man is his great-grandson
New method analyses family lineages with DNA fragments from long-dead people
Apple’s proposed surveillance tech for iPhones aimed at child protection was seriously flawed
Client-side scanning aimed at child protection was seriously flawed
Greenhouse gas saturation a mounting hazard for civilization
Founder of Centre for Climate Repair advances radical agenda to restore stability
Mixed performance among Irish universities in latest university rankings
Trinity climbs to 146th, but four colleges slip down Times Higher Education league table
Coronavirus: Delta strain twice as likely to lead to hospitalisation as Alpha
Study looked at over 43,000 cases in the UK, most of which were in unvaccinated people
Resilience of A Level students ‘praised on a results day like no other’
Luke Patterson found stress of learning at home ‘simply unbelievable’
Experts suggest delaying full reopening in England as Indian variant spreads
Scientists advising government warn of ‘exponential growth in the number of new cases’
Tesla’s Musk halts use of bitcoin for car purchases
Move comes just weeks after company began accepting digital currency for payment
Wicklow woman Caoimhe Dempsey on winning team in Oxford v Cambridge boat race
Rower’s mother and grandmother were prominent sportswomen representing Ireland
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Stardust
Inquests into the nightclub fire that led to the deaths of 48 people
Common Ground
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
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