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PAP MPs call for inheritance tax; the latest from Parliament; the coolest Nobel Prize for Physics; workplace contretemps; and more.
We disagree with the government’s decision to bring charges against the death penalty abolitionists and pro-Palestine activists last month.
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
The pleasures and perils of coffee; mRNA vaccines; Tiffany Teo at the Asian Games; zapin in South-east Asia; and more.
On memory, meaning, and the stories we tell ourselves.
An explosive new paper on housing; duty, dollars, and democracy; AI agents gone rogue; lessons from medieval trade; and more.
Sharifah Maznah and Faezah Shaharuddin, a mother-daughter entrepreneurial duo, have a relationship to trees, wood, and furniture that reveals much about how we're all connected.
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