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The Urban Ethics of COVID-19
From determining whether or not people should wear facemasks, to choosing who receives treatment, the coronavirus pandemic has become a classic lesson in ethics, argues Jeffrey Kok Hui Chan of the Singapore University of Technology and Design.
Preventing Another Pandemic: The Link Between Coronavirus and Industrial Livestock Farming
The coronavirus pandemic has renewed questions about our global food system and the danger that it poses to public health. In particular, the illegal wild animal trade has been singled out in most conversations about disease pandemics, with less focus placed on the role of factory farming.
Good bots, bad bots and the humans in between
In what is increasingly looking like a battle of bots online, what is the role of humans? Is there such a thing as a good bot?
Stuck at home due to Covid-19, should parents cut some slack on kids’ screen time?
Literature too can help Singapore students engage with Asia
The authors say literature lends itself naturally to the pursuit of a deeper appreciation of Southeast Asia’s geographies, histories, cultures, languages and economies.
Five lessons from fighting Covid-19
It’s a long-haul fight. Go about life normally, but not complacently.
Mending teens' mental health in an online world
The age-old pressure to do well in school is not the only thing that bothers students these days.
Why shutting down Chinese ‘wet markets’ could be a terrible mistake
Why shutting down Chinese ‘wet markets’ could be a terrible mistake
Parenting perils of being always connected
“I realised then that no matter how far I am from my children, I have to parent them, constantly. And that the mobile phone is a key instigator of this enduring and unyielding tie between us,” Prof Lim
Make big data available to researchers: Lim Sun Sun
Nominated MP Lim Sun Sun has called for more data from national-level surveys to be made available for academics and researchers to do evidence-based policy analysis.
