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Esplora launches summer programme
The programme offers various educational and entertaining activities for children aged 2 to 14
July 9, 2025
Let Them Theory: it’s a “life-changer”
TikTok and Oprah love the ‘deeply individualistic’ trend. Can it help you? We asked an expert
July 6, 2025
How was the wheel invented: a controversial rethink
Computer simulations reveal the unlikely birth of this world-changing technology nearly 6,000 years ago
July 3, 2025
Embarrassed? Why this feeling might actually be good for you
Embarrassment can invite empathy and forgiveness, strengthening relationships explains Laura Elin Pigott
July 2, 2025
Why taking a cold shower on a hot day might be a bad idea
Adam Taylor explains why it might actually not be helping the body cool off at all and what you should do instead
July 1, 2025
AI ‘reanimations’ of the dead raise ethical quandaries
Researchers says that making deepfake facsimiles of the dead - from Agatha Christie to Martin Luther King Jr - is morally problematic
June 28, 2025
Knowing our universe
Jonathan Firbank explores Malta’s Institute of Space Sciences and Astronomy (ISSA) and the way it is flourishing
June 23, 2025
Our sea turtles are “reservoirs of plastic pollution”
Ocean scientists have calculated that a single green sea turtle can contain the equivalent of 10 ping pong balls in plastic
June 22, 2025
What is the summer solstice? An astronomer explains
This weekend's summer solstice marks the official start of summer in the Northern hemisphere
June 20, 2025
Melitensis – analysing Malta’s mark on life’s catalogue
A new exhibition in Mdina explores the use of the Latin adjective ‘melitensis’, meaning ‘from Malta’, in scientific nomenclature
June 20, 2025