by Dr Roland Chia | Sep 18, 2023 | Pulse
Pulse 18 September 2023 In his article published on the Channel News Asia website in June last year, Darryl Choo reported that academics and government officials here have been using the term ‘casual racism’ to describe a form of racism in Singapore. Choo writes that...
by Dr Roland Chia | Aug 21, 2023 | Pulse
Pulse 21 August 2023 On 18 August 2023, Channel News Asia reported that a photograph of a set of ‘gender neutral’ toilets at the Suntec Singapore Convention and Exhibition Centre has provoked radically mixed reactions. On one extreme end of the spectrum were people...
by Dr Roland Chia | Aug 21, 2023 | Pulse
Pulse 21 August 2023 In 2016, Japanese researchers generated functional male and female mouse germ cells for the first time. These cells were created by reprogramming the skin cells of mice first into pluripotent stem cells and then into oocytes or eggs. Through in...
by Dr Roland Chia | Aug 7, 2023 | Pulse
Pulse 7 August 2023 In John 17, we find what has been described by scholars as the high priestly prayer of Jesus for his disciples. Among the many things that Jesus petitioned his Father in this prayer, one of the most important is that his disciples (and the Church)...
by Dr Roland Chia | Jul 17, 2023 | Pulse
Pulse 17 July 2023 On 14 January 2023, the BBC reported that Canada is preparing to expand its controversial medical assistance in dying programme (known by its acronym MAID), to include people with mental illness. When MAID was launched in 2016, it was made available...
by Dr Roland Chia | Jul 3, 2023 | Pulse
Pulse 3 July 2023 In January 2023, Channel News Asia reported that as the population in Asia ages, a race is underway to find various means to slow down the ageing process. Arrestingly entitled ‘Chipping away at the mystery of immortality: The race to cheat death as...
