https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/135163 2026-05-05T21:09:10Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/123720 Title: THINK : Issue 36 : October 2021 Authors: Duca, Edward; Mizzi, David Abstract: THINK is a quarterly research magazine published by the Marketing, Communications & Alumni Office at the University of Malta. 2021-10-01T00:00:00Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/123718 Title: Destruction Abstract: War, famine, pestilence, and death. In Christian literature, these are the harbingers of the end times. The four horsemen of the apocalypse mark the beginning of the end, the ultimate destruction of the world. While in the West, we view Armageddon as the ultimate end, the East tends towards a more cyclical view. Rather than a final, abrupt end, our destruction marks the beginning of a new cycle. In scientific literature, the dramatically named ‘ultimate fate of the universe’ presents several hypotheses including The Big Freeze, Heat Death, and the Big Crunch. [excerpt] 2021-10-01T00:00:00Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/123717 Title: We need to dig deeper Abstract: Instruments are at the heart of geophysics. Their tech is vital to being able to look underground without needing to dig the whole world up. The University of Malta’s (UM) geophysical laboratory has recently attracted funding to help them see our Earth in clearer detail, helping to better understand the ground beneath us. Researcher Dr Sebastiano D’Amico (Department of Geosciences, UM) describes how technical developments have allowed for notable improvements in the instruments at the UM’s geophysics laboratory. Their on-site lab work requires portability. Improved battery life has allowed teams like D’Amico’s to take these instruments to remote places. [excerpt] 2021-10-01T00:00:00Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/123649 Title: Destructive, creative, PUNK! Abstract: Music knows no barriers. How Finnish punk has become popular in Brazil and Japan might be the best proof for this point. Walking down the street in São Paulo, Brazil, Lasse Ullvén found that punk music from his native Finland is surprisingly popular in Brazil. Some punk bands even learn Finnish to emulate the right sounds. Ullvén, a punk rocker and now a doctoral student in Literary Tradition and Popular Culture at the Faculty of Arts of the University of Malta, decided to research the music that influences his life and others across the continent. [excerpt] 2021-10-01T00:00:00Z