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17 COMMERCIAL maltatoday | WEDNESDAY • 4 SEPTEMBER 2019 THIS year Science in the City festival is bursting with exciting activities around the theme The Science of YOU. There will be three stages in Valletta: Triton Fountain, City Gate and Castille Square that will vibrate to the tune of magic, dance, theatre, comedy, experi- ments, and all the activities that make the festival a roaring suc- cess on 27 September from 6pm till midnight. A first for Science in the City, a dance to raise awareness and stop the stigma about neuro- diversity and the behaviours of people with neuroatypical brains. Choreographer Diane Portelli from Moveo Dance Company will present 'Diverse- ly Typical' on the main stage at Triton Fountain. Neurodiversity is what scien- tists believe to be a natural vari- ation in human genes, one that results in conditions such as Autism, Attention Deficit Dis- order (ADHD), Oppositional Defiance Disorder (ODD), and Sensory Processing Disorder (SPD), among others. The festi- val is backing this project with more than half the funds to bring it to the stage, but more funds are required to take this performance to as wide an au- dience as possible, including schools. The money is being raised through a crowd funding cam- paign by ZAAR. To contribute please visit the ZAAR website: http://www.zaar.com.mt/pro- jects/diverselytypical/ Other stage performances in- clude a short play by Żebbuġ Primary School, called the 'What Superheroes are Made Of'. Funded by the Arts Coun- cil Malta, this Kreattiv project explains the properties of ma- terials and how breaking them down into tiny nanomateri- als can turn them into super materials. Glass, for example, becomes bendy and indestruct- ible. The pint-sized actors have come up with the characters giving their superhero a prop- erty no other superhero has ever possessed. The script was written by our little heroes with the assistance of More or Less Theatre. Esplora will present Body Wonders, a hilarious perfor- mance that bares it all, explain- ing the wonders of the human digestive system. Another show by the team Just Add Science made up of scien- tists Dr James Ciarlo, William Hicklin, Anita Farrugia, Ste- phen Vella mixes science, criti- cal thinking, and fun. The team covers dinosaurs, floating objects, explosions, amidst high temperatures, na- ked flames, risking frostbite and being blown to smithereens, all in the name of science. For more about YOU, there are two other stages at City Gate and Castille Square. Here, Gwi- lym Bugeja from OMG Magic will show his magic tricks to the tune of the science behind mar- keting strategies. While award- winning researcher Dr Anthony Galea (University of Malta), will explain climate change with just a globe and a lot of carbon di- oxide. A theatrical piece on eu- genics will be presented by Lara Agius and Sean Briffa performs acts with fire, while explaining the evolution of fire throughout history. Science in the City is part of the EU-wide celebration- European Researchers' Night. It is funded by the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions of the Horizon 2020 Program of the EU, and a num- ber of corporate sponsors. It is recognized as a Festival by Eu- rope for Festivals and Festivals for Europe (EFFE). Dinos, neurodiversity and superheroes on stage DATACORE Software is sponsor- ing the LifeCycle Challenge in its 21st anniversary year, raising much needed funds to assist renal patients to have a significantly im- proved quality of life. Their main fundraising event, the Nescafé 3in1 LifeCycle Chal- lenge, this year sees 24 cyclists do- ing 2,000km across Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia in just 10 days this September. Michel Portelli, VP EMEA Mar- keting, DataCore said: "This excit- ing life changing charitable chal- lenge across three Asian countries requires maximum performance and stamina. One of the great val- ue additions the LifeCycle charity brings is matching kidney donors to patients via their clever software package 'Traccia'. This facilitates the procedure of finding the best compatibility possible between a kidney donor and a renal patient. As a key software manufacturer, we admire both the application and the ethos of competitors and are happy to support the initiative and will follow progress avidly." LifeCycle founder, Alan Curry said: "We are in our 21st year of helping patients who suffer from kidney failure. We thank DataCore for joining our platinum sponsors for this year's challenge that in- cludes long climbs in tropical heat of over 30 degrees through lush Vietnam and the meandering Me- kong Delta and finishes at one of the world's greatest wonders, the iconic Angkor Wat. Each sponsor is valued hero in our eyes as they make a real difference to patient outcomes and the lives of their supporting families." Throughout EMEA, DataCore has many keen cyclists and are thrilled that the LifeCyclists will be displaying the DataCore logo on their cycling attire. DataCore takes platinum sponsorship for LifeCycle Challenge 2019