Franco Debono has spent almost 30 years cross-examining witnesses in Malta’s criminal courts. Now he has turned his sights on a defendant with a 100-year alibi: Albert Einstein. Debono, one of Malta’s most prominent criminal lawyers and a former MP, has published a paper in a peer-reviewed astronomy journal titled ‘ Lacunae in the philosophical foundations
A government programme to breed sea urchins ( rizzi ) to once again populate the seas is showing promising signs of success. The project comes as the number of sea urchins in Maltese waters has dwindled dramatically because of climate change and fishing. Without sea urchins, Malta’s sea risks being taken over by algae, which would then smother seagrass
The idea that such interstellar objects could be alien spacecraft has received widespread coverage and has been discussed at great depth. However, the fact remains that detailed observations of all interstellar objects to date fully conform with our understanding of natural physics, with no radio signals, controlled manoeuvres or artificial structures
