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Is AI a curse or a blessing for education?
Oped, Matthew Robert Ferguson, Published on 17/08/2024
» My collegiate rowing coach at the University of Western Ontario was an eccentric West German named Dr Volker Nolte, a stocky and imposing figure who was only funny when he didn't mean to be. He was a biomechanics wizard, obsessing over the countervailing forces of the rower and shell, currents and winds, blades and water. In the early 80s, as part of his doctoral research, he designed a sliding rigger that moved along the hull of the boat on slides in tandem with the rower, which, when compared to a fixed rigger, effectively doubled the force and propulsion of every stroke. It made second-tier rowers competitive with the best in the world.
Crocodile tiers
Oped, Postbag, Published on 11/08/2020
» Re: "I won't be ripped off", (PostBag, Aug 6).
Clean up Klong Toey
News, Postbag, Published on 10/08/2020
» The "Thailand Country Report" by the Asian Disaster Reduction Center in 1999 records that in March 1991 a chemical fire and explosion occurred in Klong Toey port near the slum area, causing an estimated 60,000 people to be exposed to toxic chemicals, setting 642 houses on fire, and leaving 5,000 individuals homeless.
A triumph of imagination over intelligence
News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 16/02/2020
» I am not a huge fan of Valentine's Day, but considering the awful events of recent weeks, a bit of "love", however contrived, was a welcome break from the daily diet of depressing news. So this week, it feels like an appropriate time to dwell on matters of the heart, as long as it is not a cardiac arrest.
Rewards for wildlife whistleblowers
News, Aaron Jordan, Published on 15/02/2018
» Authorities are starting to crack down on wildlife trafficking. This January, Boonchai Bach, a notorious wildlife trafficker in Thailand, was arrested on charges of smuggling rhino horns worth over US$1 million (31 million baht). And just a few weeks ago Premchai Karnasuta, a prominent construction tycoon, was taken into custody for allegedly hunting wildlife in the Thungyai Naresuan Wildlife Sanctuary.