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On chickens and their eggs; a government dating app; WorldSkills; AI-generated images; the inaugural Singapore Indie Bookshop Day; and more.
Underlying the relationship between you and your home reno contractor are some behavioural concepts with applications across life
Tariff turmoil; GE2025 news round-up; Walid Abdullah’s new book on Palestine; finfluencers - boon or bane?; the UK acknowledges a 1948 atrocity without apologising for it; relearning mother tongues; Grab burrowing deeper into our lives; and more.
In an era with rapidly changing socio-political norms, is K Shanmugam, law and home affairs minister, an asset or a liability for the PAP?
Calvin Cheng, PAP firebrand; a history of local women in medicine; Singapore lends a helping hand in Myanmar; a decades-old mural uncovered; big changes to the NUS Singapore History Prize; Grab launches a taxi company; and more.
The reaction to Chia Boon Teck’s LinkedIn post was a reminder of how far we’ve come with gender equality, and how much further we have to go.
So many causes, so many activists, so many challenges. And, looming over them, always, the ominous shadow of a seemingly omnipresent and omnipotent state. Can solidarity exist in Singapore?
The first-ever NMP to join partisan politics; an evening with Tay Kheng Soon, architect, author, and raconteur; Chia Boon Teck thinks he’s living in 1925; ChatGPT for prompt emotional support; decarbonising rice; a new venue for immersive shows; Grab’s big move in Indonesia; and more.
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