A potted history of fermented foods – from pickles to kimchi
Serin Quinn digs deeper into recent trends promoting fermented foods, which promise to boost your gut health and save both you and the planet from the scourge of food waste
Sun advice from a skin cancer expert
Despite an awareness of the dangers of the sun, harmful habits and ideas are still rife says Elaine McWhirter. Are you looking after yourself and your family?
Hold up, humans! Ants figured out medicine, farming and engineering long before we did
Ants – creatures with tiny brains and no capacity for speech – routinely pull off feats that rival, and sometimes exceed, our own, says Tanya Latty
Students’ summer stressors and smart study strategies
Josephine Ebejer Grech says students can benefit from science-backed approaches to learning
Fenugreek for cholesterol? The research behind ancient remedies
A few lesser-known herbs and spices are now gaining attention for their potential health benefits. Dipa Kamdar lists their properties but advices to use them with caution
An ‘indescribable feeling’: the Malta Mediterranean Literature Festival
Leanne Ellul on the magic of storytelling, its colour and poetic nature, as she previews this year's exciting edition - the 20th Malta Mediterranean Literature Festival
ADHD in children: How to maintain family balance
A child’s ADHD can have a profound impact on families. Elisabeth Lefebvre advises on how to improve everyone's quality of life
Looking for a meaningful romantic relationship?
Follow a 'dating diet' and start by diversifying your friendships and forgetting your wishlist, says Mariko Visserman
Malta-based curator Sofia Baldi Pighi reports from Ukraine
"It's time to come out into the open," says Baldi Pighi, sharing her moving reflections after a trip in which she mapped the local art scene
St Ignatius of Loyola shows us how to make good decisions
On the feast day of St Ignatius of Loyola, Annmarie Caño explores what this 16th-century mystic can teach us about making good decisions