Join us here, live from 8pm, as we live blog a panel discussion featuring Dr. Kevin Mitchell and journalist Maria Delaney, The talk, titled “Life in the Blogosphere – The joys and challenges of communicating science to the public”, has …
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Live blog: GenSoc’s “We are our DNA” debate
Join Online SciTech Editor, Luke McGuinness, live from 8pm as he covers GenSoc’s first debate, entitled “We are our DNA”, in association with the MetaFizz and TheoSoc. Bringing in experts from a variety of fields, it hopes to discuss whether …
Prof. Nicola Marples, teaching hero
Professor Nicola Marples of the Department of Zoology was among 53 teachers from across the country to be awarded a ‘teaching hero’ award at the second annual awards on 30th September. Over a third of all awards went to lecturers
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Live blog: Discover Research Dublin
Our SciTech team – Luke McGuinness, online editor; Dylan Lynch, editor; and Aidan Murray, deputy editor – bring you live updates on this year’s Discover Research Dublin events.[liveblog]…
Making society management easier
Hive, a new system in society management, has made its college-wide debut this Freshers’ Week. The system, which runs through a free app for students and through an online site for committee members and organisers, has many advantages over the …
TCD researchers enlist public help
Luke McGuinness
Online Science & Tech Editor
You may have previously heard of crowd-sourcing – gathering resources, services or content from a large group of people, in particular in an online forum. Coined in 2005, a mixture of “crowd” and …
How to get the person of your dreams – with a little help from science
Luke McGuinness
Online Science & Tech Editor
Love is, rather unromantically, little more than a complex biological process, drawing from fields including evolutionary biology and neuroscience, and involving substances such as oxytocin, the chemical responsible for many of the experiences …