Royal Irish Academy marks election of 29 new members
RIA president commends scholarly achievements, international distinction, contributions to Irish society
If someone can be cancelled, someone can be uncancelled. Let’s start with Arthur Griffith
Unthinkable: Are we losing the ability to judge historical figures fairly?
Quantum computing poised to transform big-data landscape
Problems that defy traditional computing can be solved by quantum solutions
Victorian classic sums it up on elegant Rathgar square for €1.35m
Four/five-bed end-of-terrace property on Kenilworth Square South extends to 2,723sq ft
Distinguished Irish scientists to lead DIAS line-up for 2020 Dublin Festival of History
Astrophysicist Prof Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell and immunologist Prof Luke O’Neill will feature
Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies celebrates 80 years of discovery
When founded in 1940 it was the first such institute in Europe
Preservation order issued for 1970s Dublin blocks
24 St Stephen’s Green and 10 Burlington Road added to record of protected structures
Dave Fahy: a legacy of broadening science engagement
Businessman who passed away last month helped organise key science events in Ireland
Rough Magic theatre, 35 years on: ‘Dublin in those days was so bohemian’
Company reflects on decades of casting spells and pushing the envelope with its productions
Figuring out why women don’t figure in Stem industries
How do we encourage more girls to defy the stereotypes and take up Stem subjects?
Portrait of pioneering Irish female scientist unveiled in Dublin
Dr Sheila Tinney was first-ever Irish woman to earn a PhD in mathematical science
‘We’re going to cure many, many nasty genetic diseases’
James Watson interview: DNA-pioneer on racism, Trump, belief and scientific truth
TCD Schrödinger forum grapples with big science ideas
Many of ‘the brightest minds’ working on the big questions set to stir scientific melting pot
What is life? Top scientists gather in Dublin to work on Schrödinger’s key question
Five Nobel Prize-winners and some of the world’s most brilliant science minds will speak at the Schrödinger at 75 – the Future of Biology meeting, hosted by Trinity College Dublin
Erwin Schrödinger in Dublin: Physicist, womaniser, fugitive
The great physicist moved to Clontarf in 1939 on Dev’s invitation with his wife and mistress
Schrödinger’s chat: a meeting of minds in the great physicist’s name
A conference in Trinity College Dublin – where Schrödinger gave his famous talks in 1943 – will bring some of the brightest scientific minds together to discuss the future of biology
Why are high-flyers prone to plumbing depths?
Elon Musk is just the latest high achiever to overstep bounds of social acceptibility
Schrödinger’s grandson in Dublin to mark DNA letter going on display for first time
Francis Crick’s letter summed up critical role played by Nobel prizewinner Erwin Schrödinger
An Irish Twist on ‘The Secret of Life’
What is not widely known is the significant Irish connections to probably the greatest scientific discovery of the 20th Century
Carlo Rovelli on Schrödinger, God and physics being ‘better than LSD’
‘I don’t think anyone knows where the universe came from, and I think we just have to accept that’
The mysteries of the universe in a can
Beerista: Appearance affects taste – so what happens if you don’t look? Two Irish beers are put to the test
British ministers clash over Border’s future after Brexit
Pro-Leave MPs claim Treasury ‘scaremongering’ over North’s peace process to push May toward ‘soft’ Brexit
Dublin institute marks 75th anniversary of Schrödinger lecture
Austrian physicist who fled to Dublin delivered famous ‘What is Life?’ lecture
Explaining consciousness: the mind-matter connection
The old answer to the problem of how the world existed before the advent of conscious observers was that God was watching it
‘I’m trying to make these huge questions more tangible and more personal’
Thanks to synaesthesia Lucy McKenna experiences the world differently to most people, and now, following a stint at Cern, she’s trying to explain huge questions in science with art
How Ireland failed refugees from Nazi Germany
Jews fleeing Hitler faced, in Dublin, a government that often saw them as an unwelcome burden, according to new research
Aoibhinn Ní Shúilleabháin: The scientific origins for ‘saints and scholars’
While we might not always celebrate our scientific heritage, it is entwined with our history and culture
Nobel prize comes dropping slow for William Campbell
The path to the awarding of the Nobel Prize in medicine tonight stretches to curiosity sparked in TCD in the 1950s
Unthinkable: Are there truths that can’t be spoken?
Cultivating ‘a sense of wonder that the world exists’ is central to Wittgenstein’s philosophy
Writing that inspired a generation of scientists
A long exile and a short book that set the agenda for postwar science and the start of molecular genetics
Murder and mind games: The Cambridge Companion to Jorge Luis Borges
A new companion to the work of the great fabulist conveys the richness and depth of his writing
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