As 10 are massacred in Buffalo and 21 are shot in Wisconsin . . . a 16-year-old boy dies in Chicago
After another weekend of mass shootings in the US, doing nothing is not an option
Is love necessary for survival? And if so, how do we help the lonely?
Neuroscientist Stephanie Cacioppo’s book looks at love from every angle
Arrival of McDonald’s in Moscow marked a new era in 1990, just as its exit does now
US fast-food joint was a post-Soviet Union landmark in Russian capital for three decades
Doomsday Clock remains at 100 seconds to midnight as world faces ‘dangerous moment’
Climate threats among reasons time is set at its closest-ever point to global catastrophe
New US jobless claims fall to lowest level since 1969
Sharp drop is sign of tightness in labour market as US economy rebounds
Did death cheat Stephen Hawking of a Nobel Prize?
Black holes behave as the physicist predicted. But the ultimate award is beyond his reach
Still water is better than carbonated, and it’s not just a matter of taste
Tap water has added benefit of fluoride which helps prevent tooth decay
Maureen Gaffney: ‘In middle age, you’re in your prime’
The psychologist’s new book is a love letter to humanity in all its stages
US gun violence triggers Biden action to deal with acute problem
Justice department launches ‘strike forces’ to tackle flow of illegal weapons
The remote-working challenge: ‘There are huge issues’
Making it work for everyone brings both challenges and opportunities
Xi wants China to be ‘admirable’ amid rising tensions with West
Debate over future of ‘wolf-warrior diplomacy’ but few expect China to soften its approach
Thousands march against Putin as he warns West of Russia’s ‘red line’
Hundreds detained at rallies in support of jailed opposition leader Alexei Navalny
Kim Ng’s long wait for top MLB job shows what women are up against
New Miami Marlins boss becomes first female general manager in baseball’s top flight
Rooted in faith: Amy Coney Barrett’s path to the steps of the US supreme court
Donald Trump’s nominee personifies a rising Christian conservative legal movement
Don’t just kill off ‘zombie jobs’, create better ones
Governments should demand better working conditions in sectors that are growing
Dividends are drying up – but do we really need them?
Investors are feeling the pinch as companies hold off on paying out dividends during crisis
Face masks: The definitive guide to when to wear them, how to wash them, and the chin tuck
Coronavirus: Now you’ve made your own fabric mask, here are the rules for using it
Irish patients to be involved in trials for Covid-19 drug treatments
Anti-virals designated for investigation by WHO to be tested on wider international scale
Gilead antiviral drug remdesivir flops in first trial
Disappointing results revealed in draft documents published accidentally by WHO
Gilead’s coronavirus drug: why experts are cautious on its prospects
US shares rise after leaked report enthused about benefits of remdesivir in 125 Covid-19 patients
Gilead drug boosts investor hopes for coronavirus treatment
Early impressions from US study show severely ill patients in clinical trial recovering quickly
Stop Alexa and Siri listening to you with this microphone jamming bracelet
Tech Tools: Researchers create prototype device that improves your level of privacy
Calls for Google’s $2.1bn Fitbit deal to be blocked over data fears
Takeover would gives Google access to a huge trove of heart rate, activity and sleep data
The Tenth Muse review: A brilliantly balanced equation
There’s no painting by numbers in Catherine Chung’s deft novel set in the world of maths
No loss of energy in 97-year-old Nobel laureate’s own battery
Geniuses of all kinds surround me at a select dinner in John Goodenough’s Texas home
Breast cancer: ‘I’d had the warning; you still don’t think it will happen to you’
Edel Cannon is taking part in the 2019 Great Pink Run to raise money for cancer research
‘I have something to tell you – I want you to see my back’
Psychotherapy can help reverse habitual behaviours that are bad for your health
Chris Johns: Tech monopolies are getting away with financial murder
Piketty’s call for more aggressive redistribution may finally be answered by politicians
Brazil’s grisly prison massacre was ‘a tragedy foretold’
Deaths of 58 inmates, many decapitated, a result of drug gangs given free rein in overcrowded system
UK starts search for “highest calibre” Bank of England governor
Government says Mark Carney will not remain in role beyond February 2020
A mathematical formula for sharing fair and square
That’s Maths: Even the naming of the Thue-Morse sequence is about fair play
Trump now in obese range but in ‘good overall health’
President is warned he needs to change his diet and start to exercise
Are germs in your gut influencing the brain?
The body’s microbial community may be playing a role in dementia and autism
Refugee convention at risk of ‘collapsing’ due to toxic rhetoric, says UN chief
Smugglers taking advantage of flawed EU refugee plan, hears Belfast conference
Sleeping secrets: undress in the dark, walk around the room and lie east-to-west
Hot drinks and raw onions: Some of the tips for a good night’s sleep from our archive
Nasa mission to the sun halted two minutes before blast off
Thousands of spectators gathered for launch, now postponed for a day
Minister warns over negative health effects from loneliness
2016 Census showed almost 400,000 people in Ireland live alone
Philip Roth: Prolific writer who explored life with simmering intensity
Obituary: Blackly comic novelist wrote about what it meant to be an American, a Jew, a writer, a man
An Irish Twist on ‘The Secret of Life’
What is not widely known is the significant Irish connections to probably the greatest scientific discovery of the 20th Century
A brief history of Stephen Hawking’s ‘A Brief History of Time’
The late physicist’s editor, Peter Guzzardi, on how his book became a bestseller
It’s not stupid, the economy: the good and bad of Trumponomics
Even Donald Trump’s detractors admit his policies are partly responsible for the soaring US economy
Space . . . a new frontier is announced
Irish scientists contribute to research on event that ‘opened new window to the Universe’
‘It’s a pretty scary moment’: Travels in Trump’s America
Suzanne Lynch takes the heartbeat of Trump’s US. Part one: North Carolina
Influential mathematician helped disprove ageist myth
Marina Ratner: mathematician, born October 30th, 1938; died July 7th, 2017
Only woman to win a Fields medal
Obituary: Maryam Mirzakhani; born May 3rd, 1977 – died July 15th, 2017
How did whales get so big? Study traces evolution of sea giants
A climactic change that allowed whales to binge-eat partly explains gigantism
Obama returns: ‘What’s been going on while I’ve been gone?’
In first public appearance since leaving office ex-president does not directly mention Trump
Obama says immigrants being treated like Irish during Famine
In first public appearance since leaving office ex-president does not directly mention Trump
Obama criticises special interests in first post-election appearance
In Chicago former president says he will try to prepare next generation of leaders
Switching between hiking gear and lab coat, scientists probe the evolution of dinosaurs
An evolutionary biologist has begun editing genes in living fish eggs to probe how fins became hands and feet
The great innovation debate: has the revolution stalled?
Growth in productivity and output has proved disappointing while society is increasingly divided
'That big career break isn’t coming, you know it, but you keep waiting'
Irish Tribes Today, part 3: The reality for people in the modern freelance economy can be crushing, from 'cruel optimism' to the poor working conditions faced by today's digital bohemians
Obituary: Prof Kevin Carroll
Boyle medal winner was acknowledged as a foremost authority in the area of molecular spectroscopy
The Atomic Weight of Love review: fledgling feminism
Elizabeth Church’s debut novel on nuclear war and women’s liberation fails to take flight
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