James Moffett, Author at THINK Magazine

The Heart of the Classroom: Learning as the Ultimate Act of Care

THINK meets with National Book Prize winner, Prof. Mary Darmanin, to discuss Maltese children’s profound understanding of teacher relationships and educational justice.

Mediterranean Crossroads: Ideas, People, and Conversations

Spirited debates and discussions intersect as scholars and students from five countries gather in Malta to (re-)visit the Mediterranean through literature, culture, and community at the REMED Spring School and the Department of English Postgraduate Symposium.

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Unmasking Deepfakes: Navigating the Shadows of Digital Deception

THINK explores how aspects of deepfake technology work, and investigates the risks that come with it.

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Tweeting About the News

Nicholas Mamo has developed an algorithm that analyses Twitter feeds and extracts information about events. This type of artificial intelligence has been designed to automatically identify the participants involved in the events and understand what happened based on the tweets.

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A Revolution of Enlightenment: The Redemptive Rise of Manwel Dimech

During the 1880s, while incarcerated in a Maltese prison, a young man’s desperate thoughts slowly but surely transformed into a series of radical and progressive concepts that would both condemn him and turn him into one of the most overshadowed and pivotal historical figures in Malta’s history.

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The Magic Behind the Screen

THINK talks with director and writer Sarah Zammit on her short film Darb’oħra, and its journey from script to screen.

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Firing Up the Past – Unearthing Experimental Archaeology

A university-led project is fabricating Ancient Roman pottery using local raw materials to understand more about Malta’s past

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The Microscopic World in Sharp Focus

The Leica Thunder Imaging System not only lives up to its grandiose name, it also exceeds it in its purpose. At first glance, the system looks just like your traditional microscope with a flatscreen monitor connected to it. THINK finds itself in the Motor Neuron Disease laboratory at the Centre for Molecular Medicine and Biobanking at the University of Malta.

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HUNT

HUNT is a thrilling short piece of fiction. When hiding can’t keep the hunter at bay, what will?

Peeling Away the Layers of Time

THINK takes a trip to explore research and archaeological work taking place at Borġ in-Nadur, overseen by Heritage Malta, which will see the Neolithic site freed from modern-day debris and accumulated material to show the original prehistoric structure in all its glory.

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