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How can we age smarter and healthier?
The use of innovative technology can improve the daily health and wellbeing of older people, writes Niamh Redmond, Dr Michael Cooke and Prof Mac MacLachlan, All Institute
Wednesday, 16 December 2020
A return to urban farming
As long as there have been cities, there has been urban agriculture of some description, writes Stuart Lang, PhD scholar in the Department of Anthropology
Monday, 07 December 2020
5 reasons why greyhounds make great family pets
They're easy to live with, low-maintenance and happy to be left alone to sleep, writes Chrissy Skelton, a PhD student in the Department of Anthropology
Wednesday, 02 December 2020
Long-term damage caused by severe infection could be reduced or partially reversed
New research by Imperial College, Francis Crick Institute, University of Cambridge, and Maynooth University has been published by Nature Cell Biology
Thursday, 26 November 2020
The 360 stones which show off the earliest writing in Ireland
The country's surviving ogham stones give a fascinating insight into the development of the Irish language, writes Dr Nora White, Department of Early Irish
Monday, 23 November 2020
The head-hunter who measured Irishmen's skulls
Victorian anthropologist Alfred Haddon used skull measuring to investigate the racial origins of isolated communities in the west of Ireland, writes Dr Ciarán Walsh, the Department of Anthropology
Wednesday, 18 November 2020
Will Joe Biden 'speak softly' or 'carry a big stick' in Latin America?
President elect Joe Biden's foreign policy approach to Latin America is likely to be a mixture of persuasion and force, writes Dr Barry Cannon, Department of Sociology
Wednesday, 11 November 2020
How Joe Biden's Irish ancestor saved thousands of lives during the Famine
Edward Blewitt's public work schemes in Co Mayo contributed to the survival of thousands of people and altered the county's landscape, writes Dr Ciarán Reilly, a historian of 19th & 20th century Ireland
Tuesday, 03 November 2020
Why is Donald Trump dancing to "YMCA"?
A camp 1970s' gay disco anthem has become an unlikely hit at the US president's Make America Great Again rallies, writes Dr A. Jamie Saris, Department of Anthropology
Tuesday, 27 October 2020
Just a 'bad flu'? How death notices debunk that Covid-19 myth
Excess mortality shows that Covid-19 killed more people in one month than the most recent severe flu season did in three, according to research led by Dr Gerard McCarthy, Department of Geography
Thursday, 22 October 2020