Research based on NHS data finds individuals in black, Asian, BAME groups more at risk

Member of cabinet office minister’s family displaying symptoms of infection

Net Results: GDPR promised much but most websites still have dark designs on your data

Cancer Research UK, which funded study, warns vaping is ‘not risk free’

Academics to look at how unification might come about by democratic means

Researchers believe doctors have an increasing duty to offer patients a holistic consultation and a listening ear

Wax has co-opted a monk and a neuroscientist to explain how our brains work

Research says staring at screen for more than three hours a day affects language skills

Ian Buruma steps down after publishing and defending contentious article by former Canadian broadcaster Jian Ghomeshi

Schrödinger at 75 conference hears that early detection pivotal for treating disease

New research finds no link between moderate alcohol consumption and risk of dementia

You don’t need an elf on the shelf to tell if a manager is on the naughty or nice list

Treatment ‘almost miraculous’ in successfully targeting childhood leukaemia

Tiny tubes formed by bacteria 3,770m years ago unearthed in Quebec, Canada

Researchers must now prove that the fossils, found in Canada, are biological in origin

New research finds brain damage associated with the disease in retired soccer players

Human body did not evolve to cope with most important organ moving inside skull

First time direct evidence for phenomenon found on exoplanet, says DCU researcher

Expert model shows best-case consequence of minor episode implies €4bn cost to State

Predictive policing is one example, whereby historical crime stats are used to stereotype certain groups

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Prof Luke O’Neill has been made a fellow of the Royal Society for his innovative work on the human immune system

New software is being tested which will mimic a person’s exact handwriting style

Web log: New software scribbles some Sherlock

The Royal Zoological Society of Ireland bred lions from the 1850s, principally for zoos and circuses abroad

New approach to Hubble data reveals inhospitable nature of distant exoplanet

Study involves a patient embodying themselves in an avatar of a crying child

Primates mimic behavioural changes in humans diagnosed with the complex disease

Scientists say research could lead to new treatments to help chronic pain sufferers

Forensic evidence can be open to the same subjectivity that affects other types of evidence

People with good balanced diets generally don’t need food supplements, but in specific cases they can be of great benefit

Families, friends note change in humour, laughing at ‘frankly inappropriate’ moments

Find indicates Homo sapiens trekked into Asia far earlier than previously known

Review claims higher chance of heart disease for those who work over 55 hours a week

MacGill summer school hears call for minimum pricing to curtail alcohol crisis

US study claims 34 per cent reduction in mental decline among users of drug

‘It’s sort of a double-whammy, isn’t it, being poor and female?’ says the woman behind the Techmums programme in the UK, which is being replicated in Dublin

London plan to shelve Human Rights Act risks a constitutional battle with Scotland

Not being able to afford the right clothes can amount to poverty, argues philosopher Jonathan Wolff

Prof John O’Keefe will become third Nobel Prize winner to be honoured by UCC