The creative sweet spot: you can find it in your (very early) sleep
Research shows accessing a hypnagogic state as you drift into sleep can unlock creativity
Laurie Anderson: ‘An important voice? My friends don’t call me an important voice’
The musician and artist on CD-roms, cancel culture and her new show, The Art of Falling
Ford’s Mustang Mach-E proves batteries can be fun
Agile handling for Ford’s new electric SUV, but it’s messy in some areas
‘The mindset was that we’re not sunny enough for solar power’
While wind energy has come of age over the past two decades, solar energy has been the Cinderella sector in Ireland, with the second-lowest capacity in the EU
How the Democrats scientific approach lost them US’s industrial heartland
Push for environmental regulations has alienated voters in the American Midwest
Fostering inventiveness is critical for society
Human success depends on our ability to co-operate and organise while technology makes life easier
Post-Covid era gives firms chance to reassess value of operations
Crisis is oiling decisions to coldly and wisely jettison underperforming businesses
Can the Covid-19 pandemic help us fix our technology problem?
The history of innovation has plenty of lessons on how to fight the coronavirus crisis and transform our future
Google founders’ exit signals end of era at search giant
Yet most investors barely blinked at news that Larry Page and Sergey Brin were exiting
Boys don’t try? Why so many male students are falling behind at school
Research says working class boys are falling behind because of a fear of failure. What can we do to solve it?
How entrepreneurs invest in innovation capital
A new book explores how a key ingredient in successful innovation can be developed
Elizabeth Day: 'As an English child in Belfast, I thought I was seen as the occupier'
Author and journalist on growing up in Northern Ireland, and learning from her 'failures'
The last word: what would you say with your dying breath?
Weblog: Final Words Projects gathers words of the dying, and finds particular patterns
The Irish-American who invented the modern tattoo machine
Samuel O’Reilly’s invention made him famous and revolutionised the tattoo industry
Rumours of GE’s demise may have been exaggerated
GE remains a US giant despite exit from Dow Jones Industrial Average
Why vinyl refuses to die
The inaugural Vinyl festival, which takes place over the May bank holiday weekend, is a boutique event celebrating the golden age of stylus and disc
A shortcut to immortality: kill the president
With Steven Sondheim’s ‘Assassins’ opening at the Gate, what drives the perpetrators. from Booth to Oswald to Hinckley?
In a word . . . work
Then there were those secular Freudian sanctifications of work as sublimated lust
Dundalk boxer whose admirable career was lit by fight fan Edison
The Dundalk boxer makes for a stunning chapter in Thomas Myler’s new book
Who will scavenge the flotsam from the Weinstein wreck?
Streaming services are eyeing the disgraced Weinstein Company’s valuable back catalogue
The Irish orator who taught Winston Churchill how to win a crowd
Irish connections: William Bourke Cockran represented the US all over the world but is barely remembered in his home county of Sligo
Galway Races: Pyromaniac can remain centre stage in feature
Tony Martin runner takes controversial path to festival feature after High Court ruling
Noel Meade hopeful Road To Riches can repeat Galway Plate success
Meath trainer believes top chaser has fully recovered form “horrendous” fall in April’s Punchestown Gold Cup
Santa Claus is real, and he’s as German as Christmas itself
How many of season’s traditions took root in dear old Deutschland? Yule be surprised!
Willie Mullins weighs up weekend options for Arctic Fire
Favourite for Hatton’s Grace Hurdle could yet run in Newcastle Fighting Fifth Hurdle
Air Force Blue and Emotionless to clash at Newmarket
Godolphin’s Emtionless a marginal favourite for the Dubai Dewhurst Stakes on Saturday
Sovereign Debt can help Fallon return to winning ways
Legendary jockey returns to Tipperary looking for first Irish win in four years
Golden Horn to be added to Prix de l’Arc line-up
Derby winner will bid to deny Treve an unprecedented treble in Longchamp feature
Cantillon: beware the myth of the mighty tech men
Book details how technologies that make the iPhone so ‘smart’ can be traced back to investment by the US government
A student speaks: When it comes to college, you get back what you put in
First years should take advantage of all college opportunities, academic and social
Quick Jack ensures successive Galway Hurdles for Tony Martin
Outcome a sweet one for jockey Denis O’Regan who won Plate on Ansar a decade ago
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