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?
Help! Our data privacy is slipping away
Here’s why, and what you can do about it, says expert Mike Chapple
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
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
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
Fenugreek for cholesterol? The research behind ancient remedies
A few lesser-known herbs and spices are gaining attention for their potential health benefits. Dipa Kamdar lists their properties but advices to use them with caution