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# research - Tuesday 4 September, 2018
Being homeless for more than six months can significantly damage children's health - study
Although the study is US-based, many factors of it still ring true for those children who are homeless in Ireland.
# research - Sunday 2 September, 2018
Researchers say plastic is 'indispensable' so they're trying to make it more sustainable
Some 500,000 tonnes of plastic waste from the EU end up in the sea every year.
# research - Saturday 25 August, 2018
No partitions between desks may be 'healthier' for office workers
This layout is linked to higher levels of physical activity while at work, and lower levels of stress outside the office, a new study suggests.
# research - Thursday 23 August, 2018
New research shows 10% of children do not wear seatbelts while travelling on Irish roads
Gardaí have warned motorists to safeguard everyone who gets into a vehicle.
# research - Sunday 19 August, 2018
Poor sleep triggers viral loneliness and social rejection, study finds
That alienating vibe also makes sleep-deprived individuals more socially unattractive to others.
# research - Sunday 12 August, 2018
Out of your league? Study shows most online daters seek more desirable mates
The majority of people in the analysed dating networks contact other people who are 25% more desirable than themselves.
# research - Thursday 9 August, 2018
Irish climate scientists are warning that the drought in Dublin is far from over
Researchers are warning that recent rains do not even begin to undo months of deficit.
# research - Tuesday 7 August, 2018
Sleeping more than eight hours a night increases your mortality risk, study finds
A sleep duration of 10 hours is linked with 30% increased risk of dying compared to sleeping for seven hours.
70% of female students in Ireland experience sexual hostility or gender harassment
54% of first-year women students reported experiencing sexual hostility or crude gender harassment since starting college.
# research - Monday 6 August, 2018
Irish and US researchers teaming up to help save bees
More than half of Ireland’s bee species have experienced substantial declines since the 1980s.
# research - Friday 3 August, 2018
Irish researchers have developed a 'game-changer' for tired sportspeople
The supplement was developed to aid warfighters.
# research - Thursday 2 August, 2018
Not drinking alcohol in middle age has been linked to an increased risk of dementia
People who don’t drink in midlife have been found to have a 45% higher risk of dementia.
# research - Saturday 28 July, 2018
Why men say they've had more lifetime sexual partners than women
Men in a new survey reported an average of 14 partners over their lifetime while women reported seven.
# research - Sunday 22 July, 2018
The older you get, the worse at making decisions you may become
Younger children are more likely to take both numerical and social information into account, new research has found.
# research - Saturday 14 July, 2018
Parents with severe trauma in childhood more likely to have children with behavioural problems
The types of childhood hardships include divorce or separation of parents, death of a parent, and emotional, physical or sexual abuse.
People trust science experts more than the government - even when they say outlandish things
Researchers from London conducted three large-scale experiments in the US and the UK for the study.
# research - Saturday 30 June, 2018
Men's testosterone levels largely determined by their childhood environment, study finds
The study challenges the theory that testosterone levels are controlled by genetics or race.
# research - Sunday 24 June, 2018
Cambridge scientists went to the bother of finding out more about the sound of a dripping tap
They have also identified a simple solution to stop it.
# research - Saturday 23 June, 2018
Parasites can even manipulate uninfected animals into doing what they want
The urge to remain in a group has been shown to make fish engage in risky behaviour, increasing their chances of being eaten.
# research - Wednesday 20 June, 2018
Scientists in Waterford find nutritional supplement combo that slows down Alzheimer's disease
The researchers say that their 18-month study has yielded a “statistically significant” finding and is a “breakthrough”.
# research - Tuesday 19 June, 2018
Marriage is (literally) good for the heart, new study finds
The study examined ethnically varied populations in Europe, North America, the Middle East and Asia.
# research - Saturday 16 June, 2018
What makes someone go from being hungry to hangry? Scientists may have found out
The combination of hunger and anger may be a complicated emotional response involving an interplay of biology, personality and environmental cues.
Sleeping too much or not enough may have bad effects on health
Fewer than six and more than 10 hours of sleep per day are associated with conditions such as increased blood pressure.
# research - Wednesday 13 June, 2018
'Ireland is not a tax haven': Department of Finance dismisses 'tax haven' research findings
A study has claimed that Ireland channels the profits of more multinational companies than all the Caribbean islands combined.
# research - Thursday 7 June, 2018
Families who remain homeless for over 12 months far more likely to secure social housing
Dublin has about 77% of all homeless families in Ireland.
# research - Saturday 2 June, 2018
Giving babies extra Vitamin D 'doesn't make their bones any stronger'
As many as 40% of Europeans do not get enough of the vitamin, which is naturally produced when the skin is exposed to sunlight.
One in every five young adult deaths in the US is related to opioids
The study found that the percentage of deaths attributed to opioids in the US increased by 292% from 2001 to 2016.
This is how much exercise is needed to help improve thinking skills
Scientists found that people who exercised an average of at least 52 hours over about six months for around an hour each session may improve their thinking skills.
Blackcurrant waste from Ribena production could create 'natural' hair dye
Some of the ingredients found in commonly used synthetic hair dyes can trigger allergic reactions.
# research - Saturday 26 May, 2018
Children who watch extra junk food adverts consume more calories
The catchier the ad, the more effective.
# research - Sunday 13 May, 2018
Can chimpanzee vocalisations reveal the origins of human language? This study found out
It has long been difficult to determine how and why human language began.
# research - Wednesday 9 May, 2018
Cranberry juice 'doesn't help clear urinary tract infections'
Put down the glass.
# research - Saturday 5 May, 2018
Women who eat fast food and little or no fruit take longer to become pregnant, study finds
Women who consumed fast food four or more times a week took nearly a month longer to become pregnant than those who didn’t.
# research - Friday 4 May, 2018
'My fear was what if the baby had HIV. When I had my daughter, thank god, she was HIV negative'
A new report details concerns Irish mothers had after being diagnosed with HIV.
# research - Sunday 29 April, 2018
Galaxies grow bigger and puffier as they age, new study finds
“This is the first time we’ve shown shape and age are related for all kinds of galaxies.”
# research - Saturday 28 April, 2018
Saving a penalty: This is how science helps predict the match score
Researchers propose a new model to explain how a goalkeeper dives to the right corner at the right time in penalty kick situations.
# research - Saturday 21 April, 2018
A single concussion may increase the risk of Parkinson's disease by 56%
Researchers also found that those with a traumatic brain injury were diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease an average of two years earlier than those without.
# research - Sunday 15 April, 2018
This is why expressive brows might have mattered during human evolution
Mobile eyebrows gave us the communication skills to establish large, social networks.
Living near a green space may not have any impact on obesity
New research found obesity levels in the greenest areas were actually higher than those with a medium amount of green space.
# research - Thursday 12 April, 2018
If you're a night owl, you're likely to die younger...
New research suggests that a person’s internal clock may be at odds with their external environment – and that they should be allowed start work later.
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Poll: Will you be voting today?
THIS MORNING, POLLS opened across Ireland in order for people to vote in no less than three (in some cases, four) events.
People are being asked to vote on a referendum, local elections, European elections and in some areas – Limerick, Waterford and Cork city – a plebiscite on directly-elected mayors.
Polls opened this morning at 7am and will close at 10pm tonight. The counting will begin tomorrow but it won’t be until early next week that we will have the full results.
So we want to know: Will you be voting today?
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