Green Lockdown: Staying Sustainable During COVID-19
The novel coronavirus has had a beneficial impact on greenhouse gas emissions. Fewer cars on the road, and fewer businesses
Planes, Trains or Automobiles? The Carbon Footprint of Transport
COVID-19 has likely caused the largest drop in transport emissions the world has ever seen. In a few months, however,
STEM Fatale: Can you be a Woman in Science?
The number of women in STEM has risen in the last few years but it is still considerably lower than
Wave Particle Duality for Feckin Eejits
Physics gets a lot of media attention for its pretty pictures of space and rumours of people in Switzerland recreating
Night in Shining Armour: The Benefits of a Good Sleep
Sleep. The one thing we can’t seem to get enough of. And if we do happen to get enough, is
KangaRobot: How Animals Inspire Machines
Through long-term evolutionary processes, animals have developed innate advantages in locomotion, cognition, information processing and control. Inspired by their evolution,
Artificial Intelligence: Too Smart for the Law?
Gone are the days when artificial intelligence was simply viewed as self-driving cars and talking robots. The Cambridge Analytica scandal,
Crowe Bar: Professor Tasman Crowe and Marine Protected Areas
On the night of the “Love Your Coast” Photography Awards, Minister Eoghan Murphy announced Professor Tasman Crowe, Director of the
Big Brain Power: Mastermind by Revive Active
*This is a sponsored article* The brain is the most complicated structure we have yet to encounter in all of
Hidden Waste: Microplastics in Unexpected Places
Microplastics are any piece of plastic less than 5mm in length. They can originate from the breakdown of larger pieces
CRISPR Just Got CRISPRer: Developments in Gene Editing
It has been nearly 30 years since the gene-editing tool, CRISPR/Cas9 was discovered, and only six since it was used
Brazilian Butterflies: Chaos Theory and the Weather Forecast
You might wonder why RTE and Met Eireann can’t seem to accurately and consistently predict the weather. Sometimes, the weather