Singapore Weather Min. 25° | Max. 31°

Air Quality: PSI 20-29 Good As of 10:42PM

Daily Focus

Greying China taps rural elderly to care for those even older

6 hours 56 min ago

Speaking, listening skills matter less in new UK exams

30 April

LONDON — English General Certificate of Secondary Education (GCSE) exams are to be made substantially tougher under controversial changes that will no longer test teenagers’...

Singapore companies perform well in carbon rankings

29 April

SINGAPORE — SingTel topped the Environmental Tracking Asia-Pacific 300 Carbon Ranking released today, with the lowest combined emissions intensity of 47.53 tons of CO2 emitted...

Youth

Appreciating Singapore through film

By Louisa Tang -

29 April

SINGAPORE — One team focused on a young girl’s choice to serve National Service (NS), while another team sought to find out how Singaporeans view their country. Yet another team...

Science

Common plants yield scientific breakthroughs for student researchers

By Zara Zhuang -

27 April

SINGAPORE — Chemicals derived from mangosteen peels and ginger may have anti-cancer properties, and compounds extracted from lalang may provide a safer, cleaner way of producing...

Health

Adoption ‘best way to improve your quality of life’: Study

27 April

LONDON — For couples who have pinned their hopes on conceiving a child through IVF, failure can be a devastating blow.

Science

It really is monkey-see, monkey-do, research shows

27 April

WASHINGTON - You do not have to be a teenager to want to fit in at the school lunchroom. Some wild animals seem to follow similar monkey-see, monkey-do behaviour to follow the...

People

Breathing life into a dying trade

By Sheralyn Tay -

27 April

Science

Exhibition brings ancient Egypt to Singapore

25 April

Singapore — Ancient Egyptian burial practices and mummification processes are presented in a novel way through modern technology, workshops and activities at an exhibition held...