by Dr Roland Chia | Apr 18, 2016 | Pulse
April 2016 Pulse In its ‘FAQs on Sexuality’, the Health Promotion Board (HPB) of Singapore seems to base its understanding of human sexuality substantially, although not exclusively, on the studies conducted by Alfred Kinsey in the middle of the last century. HPB not...
by Dr Roland Chia | Apr 4, 2016 | Pulse
April 2016 Pulse In an article entitled, ‘Social Justice in Singapore: Some Personal Reflections’, Tommy Koh argues that Singapore is both a social just and a socially unjust society. For Koh, Singapore is a socially just society because of the following reasons:...
by Dr Roland Chia | Mar 21, 2016 | Pulse
March 2016 Pulse Since its inception about 40 years ago, the Internet has revolutionised our lives in innumerable ways. It has made possible access to a huge amount of information on almost everything under the sun, from the latest news about a celebrity to...
by Dr Roland Chia | Mar 7, 2016 | Pulse
March 2016 Pulse According to particle physics, our universe came about as the result of elementary particles and forces. One of the most important theories in particle physics today is called the Standard Model, which postulates that there are 16 fundamental...
by Dr Roland Chia | Feb 15, 2016 | Pulse
February 2016 Pulse In June 2015, the Supreme Court of the United States ruled that same-sex marriage is legal in all US states. This means that the 14 states that ban same-sex marriage must now not only recognise same- sex marriages that have taken place in other...
by Dr Roland Chia | Feb 1, 2016 | Pulse
February 2016 Pulse Scientists at the Harper Centre Research Institute, a partnership between Notre Dame and the Indiana University School of Medicine-South Bend, are attempting to improve the detection of breast cancer with the help of nanotechnology. While...
