What’s the most important thing when designing an urban space? According to Meriem Chabani, it’s asking the right questions. “The first thing we need to take into account is the…
By Aoibhinn Mc Bride There’s been a lot of chatter about ChatGPT since Open.ai launched its innovative chatbot in November 2022. Programmed using an extensive dataset of human language, ChatGPT…
History has seen many remarkable women change our lives with their discoveries – from Marie Curie and her pioneering research on radioactivity to Katalin Karikó’s key role in developing the…
Railway workers in France are going on a national strike on Tuesday in response to plans by President Emmanuel Macron’s government to reform the pension system and raise the retirement…
The European Union plans to ban the sale of new petrol and diesel vehicles from 2035, but while electric car sales are rising month on month and breaking records in…
“One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.” When American astronaut Neil Armstrong became the first person to set foot on the lunar surface on 21 July 1969,…
When Ricard Hernandez first started testing a Catalan company’s exoskeleton for wheelchair users, he probably never imagined a few years later he would be stood upright, moving independently and playing…
“Zombie” viruses that spent up to 48,500 years frozen in the ground could reawaken as the permafrost melts due to climate change, scientists warn. Noticeably warmer temperatures in the Arctic…
When 20-year-old *Musa first started taking nitrous oxide – commonly known as “laughing gas” – to combat stress, he did not imagine he would eventually be hospitalised. “In the middle…
Skin condition vitiligo has, in more recent years, become globally celebrated thanks to public figures like Canadian model Winnie Harlow. It’s thought to present in about 0.5-1 per cent of…
