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UCD professor quit university group over lack of action on sexual harassment
- Education
- September 10, 2020, 21:00
University College Dublin president Prof Andrew Deeks was told last year by a professor who quit a gender equality group at the university that she sa(...)

Uber employees sue company over stock price decline
- Transport & Tourism
- August 28, 2020, 10:17
Almost 200 current and former Uber employees have sued the company, accusing it of losing a “risky bet” that left them saddled with millions of dollar(...)

Why llamas could be key in the fight against Covid-19
- Science
- May 17, 2020, 20:32
The solution to Covid-19 may have been staring us in the face this whole time, lazily chewing on a carrot. All we need, it seems, is llamas. A study (...)

Luck of the gods: Jupiter sparkles in ground-breaking photography
- Space
- May 9, 2020, 12:55
Astronomers have captured some of the highest-resolution images of Jupiter ever obtained from the ground using a technique known as “lucky imaging”. (...)

Sterling hits lowest level on record against UK’s trading partners
- Markets
- March 25, 2020, 15:56
Sterling has tumbled to its lowest level on record against the currencies of the UK’s major trading partners, as the effects of the coronavirus pandem(...)

The cavemen within: Did love, not war, bring an end to Neanderthals?
- Science
- March 4, 2020, 01:00
There’s always been a suspicion that our ancestors pushed Neanderthals to extinction. The scenario is that modern humans migrated out of Africa and sl(...)

When can stress be good for you? It is all about your perspective
- Health & Family
- November 24, 2019, 06:01
Stress has become a defining feature of the 21st century, contributing to the mental-health crisis, fuelling a boom in mindfulness apps and even, scie(...)

Child abuse: How and why tech companies look the other way
- Health & Family
- November 10, 2019, 11:01
The two sisters live in fear of being recognised. One grew out her bangs and took to wearing hoodies. The other dyed her hair black. Both avoid lookin(...)

Celebrity economists on the same page over tax justice
- Economy
- September 27, 2019, 14:00
Thomas Piketty and Joseph Stiglitz are celebrity economists with a mission to bend capitalism from its liberal, deregulated, inequality-generating tra(...)

Day off to a bad start? Five ways to have a stress-free morning
- Health & Family
- July 30, 2019, 06:00
Prepare the night before Prepare what you can the night before, says Dr Hazel Wallace, the author of The Food Medic – from your packed lunch to layin(...)