Ladies and Gentlemen. Roll up, roll up. The greatest show on turf is upon us once again! The Super Bowl, for one night only, the visible from space extravaganza and finale of the American football season. The behelmeted behemoths that …
An alternative Superbowl
Once a year, the rest of the world turns on its television around midnight and pretends to understand the incredibly complex rules of what it calls “American” football. This consumption of American culture is, as usual, largely done wholesale and …
The darker side of the NFL
The full effects of the brutal tackles and head-on collisions in American football have not been given much recognition. Alexandra Finnigan reports.
Having spent my third year on an Erasmus exchange in an American university in California, I was naturally …
Sports psychology: worth the attention?
Daragh McCashin takes a look at the rise of sports psychology, that elsuive practice of keeping a player in the much-hyped mental “zone.”
Nearly every professional golfer has one on tour with them, it is one of the fastest growing …
Trinity Research: Dr John Donergan
The Semiconductor Photonics Group, led by Dr. John Donegan, is based in the School of Physics in Trinity. The group has laboratory space in the SNIAM and CRANN buildings. Photonics is the subject of the generation and the use of …
Nobel men who deserve recognition
The controversial awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to first-term US president Barack Obama has served to largely overshadow this year’s other Nobel laureates. Regardless of the questionable choice for the peace distinction, the awardees in the fields of physics, …
A spoken symphony of science
From the internet that brought you the Star Wars Kid, piano playing kittens, the evolution of dance, and the Numa Numa Guy, a whole new viral experience has arrived. An amateur channel over at YouTube has created what is called …
The green side of tourism
By Jennifer Finn
Picture yourself in a lush rainforest, away from the stress and strain of modern life. Imagine staring into the empathic eyes of a gorilla. See yourself standing on an unspoilt coastline staring out into the vast sprawling …
New signs point to life on Mars
The idea of life on Mars has transfixed humans ever since 1854, when William Whewell first theorised the existence of land and seas on the red planet. Later telescopic observations of Martian “canals” further fuelled the speculation, inspiring H.G. Wells’ …
Book review – Infectious Greed: How Deceit and Risk Corrupted the Financial Markets Frank Partnoy
The last eighteen months have seen marked hostility towards financial institutions. Critics have a shared distrust of these institutions and of the people who work there. What I find fascinating is that anti-bank sentiment has only reached fever-pitch now: financial …