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Masking reality
Life, Suwitcha Chaiyong, Published on 08/07/2021
» After the coronavirus spread around the world in 2019, face masks became an essential item in people's lives. While a face mask symbolises safety and protection, it can reflect inequality in society and an ineffective government.
Preventing the next pandemic
Life, Tatat Bunnag, Published on 02/12/2020
» A lot of effort has been made by people around the world to find ways to stop the current pandemic from impacting the planet. Since Covid-19 is a viral illness, it knows nothing about man-made borders as it leaves doctors and frontline healthcare workers scrambling to contain it. Yet, there's another front in this fight; infectious diseases researchers, also known as virus hunters, who are trying to find viruses before they find us. One such person is American scientist Dr Kendra Phelps, a field researcher and ecologist who stars in an upcoming National Geographic documentary titled Virus Hunters which is set to premiere in Thailand tomorrow.
Same strokes, just a little older
B Magazine, Chanun Poomsawai, Published on 19/04/2020
» "Up on a hill, here's where we begin/ This little story, a long time ago," Julian Casablancas sings on The Modern Age, one of the three tracks on The Strokes' 2001 eponymous debut EP, a precursor to the group's seminal full-length, Is This It.
Courtroom thrills
Life, Bernard Trink, Published on 25/01/2016
» When I was a youngster, my father gave me a choice of careers: "Be a doctor or a lawyer. They help people and make good money, not necessarily in that order." He was stunned and disappointed when I replied that neither interested me. I wanted to teach history.
Mers in Thailand: Cautious optimism as no new cases reported (Updated Sunday)
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 21/06/2015
» The Mers news this Sunday morning seems generally good, good enough for the Bangkok Post to headline it's story "Mers spread seems to be contained".
Coffin up cats and dogs
Life, Published on 27/05/2013
» Poo is to blame for this. Saiyuud Diwong's brilliantly titled Cooking With Poo is the reason I am contemplating making a coffin for a dog knitted from carefully collected cat hairs. The Klong Toey cooking guru is the reason I now think of Richard Branson when I pee.
A healthy kind of art competition
Life, Published on 26/10/2012
» Good health does not just concern the well-being of humans. The health of people, animals and the environment are actually interdependent.