We may not need to completely overhaul our lives to live healthier for longer, according to a large UK-based study. This is welcome news, particularly as many people will already have abandoned their New Year’s resolutions. The recent study followed around 590,000 people in the UK, with an average age of 64, over an eight-year period. The researchers
e4. e5. If those two moves make you feel like you’ve wandered into a Mensa meeting in your pyjamas, you’re not alone. Chess has spent centuries cultivating an aura of forbidding brilliance; a game for prodigies, grandmasters and people who appear to think in 10 dimensions while you’re still trying to remember which piece is the knight. The myth is
A group of researchers want to meet men who have used and paid for prostitution services from women to learn more about their attitudes towards the often-veiled industry. The researchers are offering to pay the men €50 to sit down with them for a two-hour confidential and discreet conversation as part of a global study that has already been conducted
A scientist formulates a hypothesis with AI assistance. An experimental plan is automatically designed and costed. Robots execute the experiments. Human-AI teams collaborate to analyse the results and produce richly annotated publications. Two years ago, this would have sounded like science fiction. Today, prototype systems such as these are revolutionising
Cleansing has long been an important part of hygiene rituals across cultures. Nowadays, cleansing remains an essential part of daily skincare routines, helping to remove sweat, make-up and old skin cells. But with skincare routines becoming more and more extensive (and expensive), it can be difficult to know which cleanser to use – and how to use it
As modern development continues to reshape Malta, traditional spaces like the ‘ bitħa ’ and back garden are frequently overlooked. Currently, little to no data has been formally documented or collected regarding domestic gardens and private yards in Malta. To address this information gap and stop these spaces from fading into obscurity, researcher
