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How do our brains work?
Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) is a Cognitive Neuroscience technique that enables us to stimulate the human brain non-invasively. While this in itself is an impressive feat, the technique is not just a fascinating toy, but plays a huge role in informing our understanding of how the brain and different functions are related.
Wednesday, 08 August 2018
Your city is watching you
The city is not only watching us, but also listening to us and tracking our movements through a combination of cameras, microphones and several types of sensors that detect presence, motion, heat and distance among other things.
Tuesday, 24 July 2018
Should a state ever be held responsible for domestic crime?
Under our present legal paradigm, it is impossible to hold the state responsible in a domestic criminal matter.
Tuesday, 17 July 2018
Perks and challenges: a guide to 5G
One of the greatest challenges in delivering 5G networks is doing so at a cost that operators and customers can actually afford, according to Professor Ronan Farrell, Department of Electronic Engineering
Tuesday, 03 July 2018
Silly Yeats’s voice echoes through Auden’s most iconic poetry
Maynooth University Head of English, Professor Colin Graham, argues that Auden’s criticisms of Yeats and his legacy did not stop the Irish poet from being an important influence on his work.
Monday, 02 July 2018
Does Ireland have a modern slavery problem?
A growing number of instances of serious labour exploitation have been detected in Ireland in recent years
Friday, 29 June 2018
Time to come clean on the State’s dirty secrets
A recent RTÉ documentary underlined how the poor treatment of women does not belong solely in the past, and there are modern injustices that must be addressed, says Professor Linda Connolly.
Wednesday, 27 June 2018
Vaccines: Speaking out to stop little lives being wrecked
New parents have so little knowledge of diseases like measles that they think the vaccine is more dangerous than the disease, according to disease historian, Dr Ida Milne.
Wednesday, 23 May 2018
Is foinse féidearthachtaí í an Ghaeilge
Professor Fionntán de Brún argues that the Irish language can be a medium for seeing the world in an entirely different way.
Friday, 11 May 2018
What is the future for fake news?
Dr Maria Murphy explains that fake news is an issue involving many things, from freedom of expression and its limitations, to data protection and micro-targeting.
Wednesday, 18 April 2018