This Is Your Chicken on Drugs: Count the Antibiotics in Your Nuggets

  High Flying Chooks land us deep in dope. Forget a secret blend of herbs and spices: Your factory-farmed chicken is packed with hidden pharmaceuticals, too. In a new study, researchers tested samples of feather meal— the poultry feathers that are ground up and added to pig, cattle, fish, and, yes, chicken feed. The scientists found [...]

David Attenborough: force of nature

  Sir Richard Attenborough speaks on his regrets and eating salty turtle eggs. David Attenborough may have lived the perfect life, travelling the world and seeing its wonders before tourism ravaged them. He talks to Robin McKie about his early regrets, battles with climate change deniers, and his favourite place on Earth. It is hard [...]

Help Greenpost Achieve Their Target

Back in 2009, Greenpost stated their aim of making Singapore paperless (as far as paper bills and invoices are concerned) by 2012. It’s November already, and they’ve got Starhub, Singtel, M1, Singapore Power (or SP Services) on their list, as well as some club memberships. This is where strength in numbers from consumers counts. The [...]

Fake Food Colors and Kids: Not a Good Mix

  Last year, a report released by the National Cancer Institute showed a 9.4% increase in childhood cancer between 1992 and 2007. And today, cancer is now the leading cause of death by disease in kids under the age of fifteen. About 15 million pounds of petroleum-based dyes are used in food each year. But instead of [...]

Just Ask Auntie

I saw this pot of pandan plant in a corridor in Tiong Bahru and had to take a picture. The sign says it all: “Please don’t cut the plant. Ask Auntie if you want. Thank You!” It wasn’t a “Do Not Touch” or “Hands Off” or “Plant Cutters Beware”. Just a friendly note that says [...]

Turning A Health Scare Into A New Lifestyle

A month ago now, we went to Bangkok for a complete health check at a hospital famous for their health check packages. There are comparable packages available in Singapore in terms of price, but there’s nothing like the setup they have there. In this Bangkok hospital, batteries of X-ray and other diagnostic machines line luxuriously [...]

8 Insane Schools, Playgrounds, And Libraries Of The Future

School is a lot more fun when the entire building is covered in astroturf. Or when your playground is an abandoned oil rig. Architects and educators are finding new ways to engage kids in learning through the built environment, and the results are out of this world. Gone are the days when schools and libraries [...]