Fantasy board game Dungeons and Dragons has positive mental health benefits, Irish study claims
Researchers at UCC suggest collaborative nature of role playing game creates ‘unique sense of camaraderie’
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Great white sharks in Ireland? International team seeks confirmation in survey of Irish waters
‘The temperature and food options for them are ideal, so we think it’s just a matter of time before we find one here,’ says expedition leader
Operation of privacy rule in family law cases to be examined by new independent study
Parents with direct experience of family courts asked to take part in anonymous online survey
Are universities an obstacle to climate action by reinforcing the status quo?
Research has found universities play a key role in perpetuating unsustainability and are increasingly being run as businesses
Near-death experiences open the door to the nature of consciousness
Scientists no longer question the reality of NDEs, viewing them as unique mental states offering novel insights into the nature of consciousness
Keep your distance: Saltee islands seabirds feel the effects of human intrusion on their habitat
The islands off Wexford’s coast attracting droves of summer visitors but this could be putting puffin and gannet populations under strain
Where comic books meet healthcare: ‘We recognise that we need to communicate in different ways’
A conference in Athlone will highlight how comics can be a powerful way to explain and understand illness and cure
Our civilisation is under threat: we must defend it
Ostensibly peaceful and wealthy European countries are at war internally with their centuries-old values, thinking they can repudiate what they are and remake themselves in a new image
Number of Independents doubles in 15 years as public tire of traditional parties
Lack of alternative parties means Independent candidates attracting disaffected voters
Advantages - and dangers - of new gene-editing technology CRISPR
CRISPR should be used to pioneer cures for diseases while upholding human dignity, but we must be extremely cautious about using it to manipulate the genetic make-up of future generations
Carbon emissions from aviation can’t be swept under the carpet
At a time of climate crisis sustainable aviation fuel is a long way off, while industry figures don’t count flight emissions
Trinity is highest-ranked Irish university despite slipping in world standings
UCD narrows gap by jumping 45 places to 126th in latest QS World University Rankings
Tracking bacteria as they trek from gut to gut
Research Lives: Dr Hilary Browne, senior lecturer, School of Microbiology and APC Microbiome Ireland, University College Cork
Irish consumers want more sustainable food but not to pay for it, UCC survey finds
Research into market behaviour launched to coincide with annual food and beverage finance summit in Cork
Children’s mental health under attack by the smartphone
Diversity, equity and inclusion programmes are implemented in a spirit of political correctness and woke
Inflammatory bowel disease: ‘I remember being in primary school and thinking maybe if I skip breakfast, my stomach won’t hurt’
IBD increases as societies move from less-refined traditional diets to more processed foodstuffs
Major part of €104m package to be used to scale-up research on neurological diseases in Ireland
Minister for Agriculture declines to comment on investigation of Science Foundation Ireland chief executive Prof Philip Nolan
‘Well how are you going to get a job with a degree like that?’
Social sciences seek to understand how people interact with each other, how society functions and how cultures develop
Lecturers ‘under pressure’ to pass foreign students due to financial concerns
Irish universities have become increasingly reliant on lucrative international students to plug holes in their finances despite concerns about their English language proficiency
Trinity students’ union vows to continue protest until all demands regarding Israeli ties are met
Students at University College Cork threaten to escalate action if similar demands are not met
Genetic code of life is a developing story
The near-universality of the DNA code is convincing evidence modern life traces back to a single ancestor
Batteries are vital to ending fossil fuel dependence
At a Time of Climate Crisis: This revolution has been made possible by big strides in battery technology, which has driven down the cost, weight and size of batteries
Cork Con’s James Taylor on AIL win over Terenure: ‘This is the pinnacle’
Taylor delivered a man-of-the-match performance in an unlikely win, as the Munster side played most of the game with a numerical disadvantage
How many people died violent deaths in the Irish Civil War?
Two historians have come up with as definitive a figure as can be estimated
Sharp rise in first-class degrees may be linked to student expectations and competition among universities
50% jump in top degrees awarded by universities since 2015 prompts concern over grade inflation
Is ‘wokeness’ really the new religion? I find that hard to believe
Crucially, by comparing one’s opponents to dogmatic zealots, it becomes unnecessary to engage with them
Dutch academic fired by UCC after struggling to find housing awarded €300,000
Third highest pay out ever made at WRC granted to economist Dr Wim Naude, who said his career had been ‘ruined’
How scientists detected differences in the brains of men and women for the first time
Stanford researchers’ breakthrough has not been universally welcomed
Data centres are a serious threat to Ireland’s carbon budgets
Eighteen per cent of Irish electricity was consumed by data centres in 2022, as much as all urban homes, making the country an outlier
Cerebral palsy: What is it, who gets it and what does the future hold?
The symptoms of cerebral palsy vary from person to person. Many have related conditions including seizures, problems with vision, hearing or speech
UCC believes its deficit will deepen to €23m this year without cost-cutting measures
Staff told expenditure on new mobile phones, IT, stationery or furniture should ‘not be progressed at this time’
Climate change: ‘How can we feed the world while not damaging it?’
Is Ireland’s new climate action plan the blueprint needed to transform the country within decades?
The credibility crisis in science
We are in the middle of an epidemic of scientific fraud that is seriously compromising research
Metropolitan bubble: Referendum fallout for Irish politics and wider society
Does last week’s anti-establishment revolt contain the seeds of a change?
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