by Dr Roland Chia | Feb 20, 2018 | Pulse
February 2018 Pulse Our world is currently facing a displacement crisis at an unprecedented scale. In 2015 alone, more than 65 million people have been forced from their homes by conflict and persecution, over half of whom are under the age of 18. This tally is...
by Dr Roland Chia | Feb 5, 2018 | Pulse
February 2018 Pulse I think it is true to say that every single human being – irrespective of his or her cultural background or worldview – is in pursuit of the good life. But when we probe what exactly is meant by ‘the good life’, we will get radically different...
by Dr Roland Chia | Jan 15, 2018 | Pulse
January 2018 Pulse On 6 December 2017, US President Donald Trump recognised Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and announced plans to relocate the US embassy there from Tel Aviv. This move not only overturned more than seventy years of US Foreign Policy. It also has...
by Dr Roland Chia | Jan 2, 2018 | Pulse
January 2018 Pulse In recent years, there has been a revival of enthusiasm for space and planetary exploration. This is undoubtedly sparked by hype generated by the activities of international space agencies and the discoveries of planets orbiting around other stars,...
by Dr Roland Chia | Dec 18, 2017 | Pulse
December 2017 Pulse There have been a slew of scandalous revelations of sexual harassment perpetrated by the who’s who in Hollywood and American TV that is truly disconcerting. From the movie mogul Harvey Weinstein to the actor Kevin Spacey to Bill O’Reilly of Fox...
by Dr Roland Chia | Dec 4, 2017 | Pulse
December 2017 Pulse In its September 24, 2017, issue, The Mirror reported that a sex robot called Samantha has gone on sale in the UK for £3,500. Samantha, which can be purchased at Vibez Adult Boutique in Aylesford, Kent, ‘has a brain and can interact with you’,...
