How will the planet and our urban environment look when the Covid-19 pandemic is over?

Assoc. Prof. Yeo Kang Shua featured on Business Times, A New World

Besides the availability of devices, other factors such as the physical environment, parental skills and connectivity issues can determine how much children can reap from such learning

Be it ‘Spanish’, ‘Asian’ or ‘Hong Kong’, deadly flu pandemics have taken their toll here – with the first hitting hard migrant workers from India. Sounds familiar? Insight looks back to learn more.

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.

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.

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?

The authors say literature lends itself naturally to the pursuit of a deeper appreciation of Southeast Asia’s geographies, histories, cultures, languages and economies.

It’s a long-haul fight. Go about life normally, but not complacently.