Early Bird vs Night Owl: Which is Healthier and Productive ?
Reading Time: 4 minutesBY SIVANESAN RAJESWARAN & ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR DR ZAHARA ABDUL MANAF DO YOU WAKE UP early every day or do you stay up late every night? Waking up early without forcing yourself or using of alarm clock would mean you are a morning person, staying up late into the night would make you a night owl. […]
Facemasks and lockdowns can halt second, third waves of Covid-19
Reading Time: 3 minutesPOPULATION-WIDE use of facemasks keeps the coronavirus ‘reproduction number’ under 1.0, and prevents further waves of the virus when combined with lockdowns, a modelling study from the universities of Cambridge and Greenwich suggests. The research suggests that lockdowns alone will not stop the resurgence of SARS-CoV-2, and that even homemade masks with limited effectiveness can […]
Be careful with bamboo tableware
Reading Time: 2 minutesBY AXEL BARRETT SINCE glasses, salad bowls and other plastic kitchenware are no longer popular, it is tempting to go for their “natural” versions, in particular based on bamboo. However, in recent months, more than a dozen recalls have concerned childcare articles (sets of plates and glasses), picnic tableware, “lunch boxes” and others. At the […]
Origami -A world beyond paper folding
Reading Time: 9 minutesWhen did you realise that origami could be more than just a hobby? I started folding origami when I was eight, and at that time it never occurred to me that I would be where I am today – an origami scientist. I worked at this multinational company in Japan, the major origami industry of […]
Popcorn emergency!
Reading Time: 3 minutesA STRAY popcorn kernel nearly cost a 41-year-old UK man his life last year, by sparking a heart infection that required major surgery to fix. His medical team believes that by attempting to remove the offending food item from his teeth with a variety of DIY dentistry items – including a tooth pick, a pen […]
Dopamine, biological clock link to snacking, overeating and obesity
Reading Time: 3 minutesACCORDING to Ali Güler, a professor of biology at the University of Virginia; the diet in the U.S. and other nations has changed dramatically in the last 50 years or so, with highly processed foods readily and cheaply available at any time of the day or night. “Many of these foods are high in sugars, […]