324 result(s)
Tech is changing the way people help each other
12 May 2020

Rise of online social networks, cloud-based sharing have lowered barriers to starting, supporting such initiatives.

Coronavirus: Parenting changes amid pandemic
10 May 2020

While the circuit breaker period has intensified the load for some mums, many are seeing their husbands pull their weight at home and are also enjoying the quality time with their kids

Screen time without guilt during Covid-19
3 May 2020

When the circuit breaker measures were announced almost a month ago, Dr Andrew Yee quickly drew up a home-based learning timetable for his four-year-old son.

A New World
24 April 2020

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
24 April 2020

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

Three times that the world coughed, and Singapore caught the bug
19 April 2020

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.

Home-based learning – a look at three homes
19 April 2020

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

The Urban Ethics of COVID-19
16 April 2020

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
1 April 2020

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
26 March 2020

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?