20+ min ago   (339+ words) Along Belfast’s Ormeau embankment, a mural asks “How can quantum gravity help explain the origin of the universe?” Like much of the city’s gable-end artwork, this tends to fade into the background somewhat. Even as a historian of science, what…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (873+ words) It comes amid rapidly advancing AI abilities and recent claims that an AI tool solved a decades old geometry problem. The list of recommendations, called the Leiden Declaration, envisions a future that preserves human values in scientific research, such as…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (1550+ words) Shay is a primary school student in a disadvantaged area of one of Ireland’s big cities. He is a capable, bright and sensitive little boy, full of energy and determination. His teachers and his mother say he is strong-willed, and…...

2+ mon, 1+ day ago   (551+ words) Irish children became less accomplished in reading and mathematics after the Covid-19 pandemic, with children from poorer backgrounds falling further behind their better-off peers. This is according to the latest report in Children’s School Lives (CSL), a landmark longitudinal study…...

2+ mon, 2+ day ago   (717+ words) I’m unemployed at the moment after completing an 18-month contract as an administrator in a public service organisation. I’m in my 50s and wondering if there are certain areas I can upskill in for career progression. I’m particularly interested in learning…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago   (1372+ words) Last October, in the waters between Dublin and Holyhead, a large ship spent the day undertaking a series of unusual manoeuvres. First, it turned off its automatic identification system, in effect making it invisible to other ships. It then began…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago   (525+ words) Weapons systems, which can target perceived threats automatically through artificial intelligence (AI), could be part of the Defence Forces’ armoured fleet, under an agreement with France. It comes as the Defence Forces, which is increasingly turning to AI to carry…...

5+ mon, 2+ week ago   (453+ words) And AI executives have been conducting their own theatre of hyperbole. The results have not been especially illuminating. That reaction of surprise, disorientation and a sudden sense that the ground has shifted is not confined to Anthropic’s induction programme. It…...

4+ mon, 2+ week ago   (1011+ words) Many of the postgraduate courses are delivered through a flexible, blended approach to meet the needs of working healthcare professionals. The MSc in Technologies and Analytics in Precision Medicine from the School of Pharmacy and Biomolecular Sciences is a one-year,…...

5+ mon, 1+ week ago   (495+ words) I am currently taking a one-year level five post-Leaving Cert qualification in information technology. I have recently applied to the CAO for a number of technology-based programmes, but due to family financial circumstances, I would find it difficult to fund…...