Why the hot weather can be tough on testicles
Suffering with 'summer long balls'? Balls like a 'bag of worms'? A health expert explains why
The Assassin: pulpy, stylised and laced with dark humour
This new Keeley Hawes drama on Amazon Prime is a milestone for menopause on screen says Beth Johnson
The A to K of vitamins: what you need and where to get it
When "superfoods” are relentlessly marketed for their supposed ability to deliver all the nutrients we need, it’s worth asking: which vitamins really are essential?
The hubris arc: how visionary politicians turn into authoritarians
We need strong democratic institutions and autonomous courts: democracies survive not by finding perfect leaders but by constraining imperfect ones
Help! Our data privacy is slipping away
Here’s why, and what you can do about it, says expert Mike Chapple
Planning to take a degree taught in English when it’s not your first language?
Una Cunningham offers you tips for success - using English, Maltese, and any other mother tongue
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