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  • Shards of Earth – Adrian Tchaikovsky

    Shards of Earth – Adrian Tchaikovsky

    Hello, hello, hello, my book-loving friends! It’s been too long. Long story short, I started a new full-time job, got into community work, and am in the process of making a lot of other changes in my life right now. It’s been very hectic, but also very rewarding. As such, reading has taken a bit of a…

  • What’s Next for Marvel? – An Outlook for a Hopeful Future

    What’s Next for Marvel? – An Outlook for a Hopeful Future

    Back in 2020, amongst all the doom and gloom of the pandemic, we were still reeling from the flashbang that Disney had thrown at us in the form of Avengers: Endgame. It culminated an extremely long saga (for modern standards anyways, it was no Coronation Street… Fun fact, that show has been running for 61 years!),…

  • Yuri’s Night and Ingenuity: Worldwide Celebrations and the First Powered Flight on Mars

    Yuri’s Night and Ingenuity: Worldwide Celebrations and the First Powered Flight on Mars

    Have you ever heard of the World Space Party? Had it not been for the COVID-19 outbreak and subsequent pandemic, space enthusiasts would have been preparing for Yuri’s Night – an annual project celebrating the feats of space exploration. Yuri’s Night celebrations range from raves and parties to Q&A sessions and symposia. Spread across 30 countries, this…

  • ICTSA’s The Million Dollar Idea

    ICTSA’s The Million Dollar Idea

    ICTSA is once again hosting The Million Dollar Idea! The event which, like many others, suffered from cancellation last year will not meet the same faith this time round, as it will be taking place entirely online.

  • WTF is: Moneyval?

    WTF is: Moneyval?

    The infamous Moneyval test has dominated Maltese political discourse for the past year. Aside from whether Malta will pass or not, the process remains a cloudy concept to most. So, wtf is Moneyval?

  • Brain Awareness: The Science Behind Detecting Brain Diseases 

    Brain Awareness: The Science Behind Detecting Brain Diseases 

    Did you know… That some people can taste colours and shapes? That all human brains start off as female in the womb? Or that the number of synapses in the brain might either equate to or exceed the numbers of stars in the galaxy?  What about the fact that brain information can travel up to…

  • Gender Quotas: The Answer to Increased Female Representation?

    Gender Quotas: The Answer to Increased Female Representation?

    Gender quotas are being pushed to increase women’s political representation. But will it solve the issue or will it make it even harder for equal representation to be achieved?

  • The Power – Naomi Alderman

    Hello, my fellow book lovers!  I am back with another review! It has been a while since I read a book that made such an impact on me. It took me some time to finish this book due to other commitments, but when I was reading, I was ENGROSSED. This is a book that I…

  • Cinema vs Streaming – What does the audience really want?

    Cinema vs Streaming – What does the audience really want?

    Recently, a whole series of arguments were spilling all over the internet on something quite interesting. A hotly debated topic that sure is bound to divide a lot of people is the whole point of whether cinemas are the best or streaming is better. It is intriguing, to say the least, and deals with a lot…

  • Covid vaccine technologies work. Here’s how.

    Covid vaccine technologies work. Here’s how.

    They all have one thing in common, with the necessary funding and international cooperation, this technology will defeat the pandemic, and many more to come.