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Unseen potential
Life, Thana Boonlert, Published on 28/08/2025
» 'Bird!" A cheer erupted from a workshop when Gift, a young girl with Down syndrome, spoke for the first time. In a class presentation, while some students actively presented their artwork, others kept silent. After seven months of being in this classroom, Gift pointed to her painting and described it as a feathered creature.
Diecast car expo at CentralPlaza Ladprao
Life, Published on 17/07/2025
» Interested people are invited to step into a universe of collectable diecast cars during "Thailand Diecast Expo 2025", which will take place at BCC Hall, 5th floor of CentralPlaza Ladprao, Phahon Yothin Road, on Saturday and Sunday.
The allure of fast merit
Life, Suwitcha Chaiyong, Published on 14/04/2025
» Making merit by releasing fish is a popular activity among Thai people because it is believed that releasing fish will extend life, help them live a good life and prevent sickness. Since people nowadays do not have much time to buy fish at the market, some vendors prepare fish in plastic bags and sell them at temples or places of merit-making, so that people can conveniently buy and release them in a pond nearby.
Declutter your home for a good cause
Life, No byline, Published on 13/03/2025
» It's time to get rid of the clutter that steals your valuable space at work and at home and bring it to "Clutter Sale For Charity", which will take place at the Grand Ballroom of Anantara Siam Bangkok Hotel, Ratchadamri Road, on March 22 from 10am to 5pm.
Green inventions
Life, Suwitcha Chaiyong, Published on 19/02/2025
» Awareness of environmental issues has driven the trend of producing environmentally-friendly products. Following in this light, Thailand Inventors' Day 2025, which was organised by the National Research Council of Thailand and held from Feb 2-6, showcased eco-friendly products made to save the environment. Here are three outstanding products that were on display.
Study suggests coffee is good for gut microbiome
Life, Dr Eve Glazier and Dr Elizabeth Ko, Published on 11/02/2025
» DEAR DOCTORS: I had to laugh when I saw there's another new study about coffee. This one says it's good for your gut microbiome. I'm 41 years old and a lifelong coffee drinker, and those studies come out like clockwork. Sometimes it's good news, sometimes it's bad. I'd like to know more about this one.
Macondo encountered
Life, Kong Rithdee, Published on 31/12/2024
» Ideally, good books should be left alone, even if they sit enshrined in a cobweb after a thousand years of solitude. In the reality of today's content industrial complex, that is unacceptable. Every good book can be and must be adapted. To watch is to live, to binge is to breathe. Literature is not a paradigm of text but fodder for algorithm. So here it is, with an air of inevitability, the much-touted, long-awaited, rigidly respectful and adequately decent Netflix series One Hundred Years Of Solitude -- the first eight parts, with the remaining eight coming next year.
Visions of the future
Life, Tatat Bunnag, Published on 04/12/2024
» Thailand has long been celebrated for its vibrant traditions and unique cultural identity. Yet, in Tomorrow And I, Netflix's ambitious new anthology series debuting today, viewers are invited to imagine a radically transformed Thailand -- one where advanced technologies disrupt deeply entrenched values, sparking tension, reflection and debate.
Promoting inclusivity
Life, Suwitcha Chaiyong, Published on 20/08/2024
» According to Asst Prof Dr Kaewta Nopmaneejumruslers, deputy director of the Clinical Services and Early Childhood Development Center, the National Institute for Child and Family Development (NICFD), Mahidol University, worldwide statistics showed that one infant out of every 1,000 newborns was diagnosed with autism a decade ago. Today, the number of infants born with autism has increased to 10 out of every 1,000 births.
Understanding and living with fibromyalgia
Life, Dr Eve Glazier & Dr Elizabeth Ko, Published on 30/07/2024
» DEAR DOCTORS: I had muscle pain and exhaustion for two years, and no one could figure out what was wrong. A rheumatologist recently diagnosed me with fibromyalgia. I would appreciate any information you have about this, including what the treatment options are.