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Explore the Balkans with Siam Society
Life, Published on 16/06/2025
» Siam Society is holding a study trip to explore the Balkans through Serbia and Bosnia-Herzegovina, from Sept 4-16.
Calf pain could be indicator of peripheral artery disease
Life, Dr Eve Glazier and Dr Elizabeth Ko, Published on 04/03/2025
» DEAR DOCTORS: I get a cramp in my left calf when I run for more than 20 minutes. When I slow down, it goes away. I told my doctor about it and she wants to do something called an ankle brachial index. What will it entail? I think it's a heart test. What does my calf have to do with my heart?
Coppola's Megalopolis leaves Cannes scratching its head
Life, Kong Rithdee, Published on 20/05/2024
» Every year the Cannes Film Festival has its hottest gig -- a film so breathlessly anticipated and a justification of the festival's raison d'être. This year, that honour belongs to Megalopolis. Or, to be completely faithful according to the plaque flashed up on the screen, Francis Ford Coppola's Megalopolis: A Fable.
Flu shot may help prevent heart attacks
Life, Dr Eve Glazier & Dr Elizabeth Ko, Published on 30/04/2024
» DEAR DOCTORS: I can't stop thinking about what my doctor said when I got my flu shot last fall. I'm a 55-year-old man, and I have a history of high blood pressure. He said the flu shot will give me extra protection against having a heart attack. What is the connection?
Memes of dissent
Life, Thana Boonlert, Published on 14/08/2023
» It is not as whimsical as it seems. After the onset of the largest pro-democracy movement since the military coup in 2014, university and high school students cuddled hamster dolls and ran around in circles. "Delicious tax!", hundreds of them sang, from a cartoon jingle at Democracy Monument in late July 2020. Crowdsourced from a social media platform, Hamtaro, a shorthand for caged mice demanding freedom, spawned many internet memes, including a greedy caricature of junta leader Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha.
Janie and Lyn are back baby
Life, Published on 21/07/2023
» Starting with The Monochrome collection, Janie Allapach Na Pombhejara has long been Lyn's muse for its handbags.
A monument of emptiness and embarrassment
Life, Apinan Poshyananda, Published on 15/05/2023
» On Thiam Ruam Mit Road, Huai Khwang, a huge and empty building with a triangular façade has stood for years. A big plaque on the lawn in Thai translates to The National Gallery of Art. With no activities inside, people are left wondering when it will open. Is it true that there are plans to convert it into mixed-use spaces instead of a display of national treasures of modern and contemporary Thai art?
An engineering masterpiece
Life, Noko, Published on 11/10/2022
» In Foreo's glossary, UFO stands for Ur Future Obsession rather than Unidentified Flying Object, while the company's name comes from "FOR EveryOne''.
Cardiovascular disease looks different in women than men
Life, Dr Eve Glazier and Dr Elizabeth Ko, Published on 04/10/2022
» DEAR DOCTORS: I'm a 38-year-old woman in good health. I kept getting a tight chest while running, so my doctor did some tests. He said my heart looked fine. But when I went for a second opinion, I was diagnosed with microvascular disease. I've never even heard of that before. What is it?
Student contest exchanges 'super ideas' for scholarship money
Life, Published on 22/08/2022
» "Creating Ideas, Making A Melody Of Dreams, Promoting Imagination In Thai Kids To Go Places Worldwide" is the theme of "Honda Super Idea Contest 2022", which is accepting entries until Sept 30.