Dublin City University is situated between Glasnevin, Santry, Ballymun and Whitehall on the Northside of Dublin. Created as the National Institute for Higher Education, Dublin in 1975, it enrolled its first students in 1980 and was elevated to university status in 1989.
The university currently has around 6,000 undergraduate students, more than 600 research postgraduates and 1,800 taught postgraduate students.
The release of Gershkovich and his fellow hostage highlights the way some authoritarian regimes have cynically used such people as pawns in geopolitical manoeuvres.
A picture of Mukuru, one of Kenya’s largest slums located in the South of the country.
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For want of state support or formal employers, slum dwellers in South Africa and Kenya rely on street savvy, friends and a strong tolerance for hardship and precarity to do business.
Notre cerveau n’est peut-être pas l’organe stérile que l’on imaginait…
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On pensait jusqu’à présent que le cerveau était stérile, préservé des micro-organismes par la barrière hématoencéphalique. Mais des travaux menés ces dernières années sèment le doute…
BBC Match of the Day presenters Alan Shearer and Gary Lineker have laid into England for their poor performance at the tournament.
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As a former England captain Gary Lineker knows what it’s like to be criticised on the pitch. It can be demoralising but it can be motivating too, as England proved against Slovakia.
The prevailing human reaction to the idea of artificial intelligence has always been fear, revealed in the way film has portrayed our increasingly important relationship with AI over the years.
Journalist Zhang Zhan was imprisoned for writing about COVID.
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China’s attitudes to journalists who expose stories that criticise the government are reflected in a recent case.
Ilustração de uma explosão de raios gama, com jatos de material e radiação sendo ejetados pelo colapso de uma estrela maciça: estudo indica que fenômenos não podem ser responsáveis pela síntese de átomos pesados que vemos no Universo.
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Some patients report that SSRIs are helpful – even essential – in the management of mental health. Others, however, complain of being turned into zombies. Psychotherapy is an effective alternative.
The origin of life on Earth is one of the biggest mysteries in science.
Reporting from Gaza is extremely restricted, with international journalists only being allowed in when accompanied by the Israeli military.
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Countries around the world are debating whether free-to-air television has a future.
Os recentes desenvolvimentos na inteligência artificial que levaram à criação do ChatGPT e de outros chatbots também abriram caminho para a recriação de pessoas mortas, o que pode atrapalhar o processo de luto
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Os fantasmas de IA, a recriação digital dos mortos, podem parecer uma ideia maravilhosa para quem está lidando com a dor de uma perda, mas essa tecnologia pode atrapalhar seriamente o processo de luto