by Dr Roland Chia | May 17, 2021 | Pulse
May 2021 Pulse The roll-out of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine in March is seen by many as a welcome boost to efforts to get the world immunised against the Covid-19 virus. Unlike the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines, which must be stored in extremely low temperatures...
by Dr Roland Chia | May 3, 2021 | Pulse
May 2021 Pulse On 6 and 7 July 2019, TransVision held a major conference in London on the theme ‘Humanity+’. A quick scrutiny of the topics that this conference, and its twenty-two distinguished speakers, will immediately make clear the fundamental concern of...
by Dr Roland Chia | Apr 19, 2021 | Pulse
April 2021 Pulse Researchers have successfully developed and grown model versions of very early human embryos or blastocyst by ‘re-programming’ stem cells taken from adults. Scientists believe that this very significant breakthrough would enable them to study the...
by Dr Roland Chia | Apr 5, 2021 | Pulse
April 2021 Pulse On 6 December 2019, Chris Stewart, a Republican congressman from Utah, introduced the Fairness for All Act (FFA), a piece of legislation whose stated purpose is to strike a balance between religious liberty and sexual orientation and gender identity...
by Dr Roland Chia | Mar 15, 2021 | Pulse
March 2021 Pulse In the past twenty years or so, a number of studies have been conducted to ascertain whether there are significant differences between children raised by same-sex couples and those raised by opposite-sex couples. The results of these studies...
by Dr Roland Chia | Mar 1, 2021 | Pulse
March 2021 Pulse On 23 Jan 19, Minister for Communications and Information, S. Iswaran, announced that Singapore has released a framework on how artificial intelligence (AI) can be used ethically and responsibly in businesses. Making this announcement at the World...