Taiwan begs people to stop adopting the name “Salmon”
Officials in Taiwan recently issued an …
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Mamma Mia! Japan opens world’s first Super Nintendo World
Universal Studios Japan have opened the gates to the much anticipated Super Nintendo World in Osaka. Following the alleviation of major covid-19 restrictions in Osaka, Super Nintendo World opened to the public on 18 March and beloved childhood characters are…
Ireland expected to resume paused AstraZeneca vaccine delivery
Eleven states in Europe, including Ireland, France and Germany have suspended the use of AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine; a precautionary pause following reports of post-vaccine blood clots in Norway and Germany. Young volunteers are exposed to Covid-19 in new UK study…
Tour guide jobs alleviate homelessness in Dublin
My Streets Ireland, an innovative social enterprise that employs homeless (and formerly homeless) people, has had to cancel much of its work due to the ongoing pandemic. Rock Against Homelessness Housing Crisis Drives Homelessness Higher Aiming to empower people affected…
Wuhan footage breaks onto screens in Hao Wu’s 2020 documentary “76 Days”
With a 100% score on Rotten Tomatoes and shortlisted for Best Documentary Feature Film in this year’s Academy Awards, 76 Days is a film like no other. In an hour and 33 minutes, this high intensity documentary is startling and…
Young volunteers are exposed to Covid-19 in new UK study
Reported as the world’s first “human challenge” study for Covid-19, scientists in the UK are to infect young, healthy volunteers with coronavirus for research in the coming weeks. The key aims of this Human Challenge Study include discovering exactly how…
Good Vibrations: How is music tackling Alzheimer’s Disease?
Neuroscientists and doctors alike have voiced their concerns about the growing number of people affected by Alzheimer’s Disease: it is thought by 2045 the current Irish prevalence will have doubled, meaning over 150,000 people will live with the condition. According…
How Colourful Fridges are Fighting Hunger in America: an Interview with Melanie Romero
Colourfully painted fridges stocked full of free food began to crop up all across America last year, as the pandemic took its cruel toll. As the first wave of COVID-19 struck in 2020, the unemployment rate across the US jumped…
It’s a Sin: Why Public Health Campaigns Need the Arts
Previously chastised by The Sun as excessively explicit, and almost never making it to the screens after being turned down by BBC One and ITV, It’s a Sin is now the most binge-watched programme on Channel 4’s streaming service, All…
The Louvre’s Lockdown Makeover
The largest museum in the world has been closed for almost four months due to the pandemic, but no time is wasted in Paris; the beautiful Louvre is having a makeover. 8 peculiar international museums to visit online during lockdown…
