Pixabay, CC BY-SA Paul Haskell-Dowland, Edith Cowan University It’s surprising how quickly public opinion can change. Winding the clocks back 12 months, many of us would have looked at a masked individual in public with suspicion. Now, some countries have enshrined face mask use in law. They’ve also been made compulsory in Victoria and are … Read more
James Lindsay, Queen Mary University of London Japan’s prime minister, Shinzo Abe, has announced that he is retiring due to worsening health. The condition 65-year-old Abe suffers from is ulcerative colitis. But what exactly is this disease? Ulcerative colitis is a long-term condition that causes the lining of the colon and rectum to become inflamed … Read more
Shutterstock David Tuffley, Griffith University Cybersecurity is like a game of whack-a-mole. As soon as the good guys put a stop to one type of attack, another pops up. Usernames and passwords were once good enough to keep an account secure. But before long, cybercriminals figured out how to get around this. Often they’ll use … Read more
Shutterstock Lisa Mundy, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute and George Patton, University of Melbourne Children aged 8 and 9 who watched more than two hours of TV a day or spent more than one hour a day on a computer had lower scores than their peers on reading and numeracy at ages 10 and 11, our … Read more
Since the time CoVID crisis started to engulf us, the way work gets done is turning digital and the age of ‘going to the office’ to get things done, is slowly spinning out of the picture. Most of us can now work from home, which used to be something we all longed for at some … Read more
Whether you’re a fresh graduate, looking for a job,  in mid-career, or are contemplating your performance in life or retirement—and whether it’s time to make that big move, or you’re just interested in making your current situation a little bit better—”Architecting Your Future” is your dynamic road map to building a joyful, fulfilling life that … Read more
Glass of milk | Source: pixabay.com, couleur Few months back, little before COVID-19 pandemic gheraoed the whole world, my mother visited us in Singapore. She spent her whole life in a remote village in Bihar. It was a new and unique place for her. One Saturday night, she was invited to my friend’s home for … Read more
Recently one Singaporean woman of Indian origin was in news for her bizarre antics defying government orders to wear masks outside the home. What followed this individual act of callousness was a typical brutal backlash from netizens in Singapore. Now, the internet has been home to most savage trolls for some time; we are all … Read more
Coping with a certain kind of ambiguity in vegetarianism Recently we celebrated the fourth Chinese New Year in our office in Singapore. The office walls were covered with red pamphlets embroidered with images of golden pigs, the zodiac sign of the year. The air was filled with traditional and twinkling music, and our minds were … Read more