Despite its name, the crab-eating macaque does not usually consume crabs. Rather, as an opportunistic omnivore, it eats a variety of animals and plants. Continue reading The Long-Tailed Macaque of Sunny Singapore
In ages past, the civilisations of the world flourished around rivers and major waterways. Continue reading The Reservoir
We systematically dismantle the old in order to make way for the new. What survives this urbanisation process? Continue reading The Jar of Urbanisation
In the beginning, there was an island. It floated in the middle of the sky. Continue reading The World Turtle | An Iroquois Legend
The premise behind birth–be it of a child, a creative endeavour or a business–has its roots in the world tree of which we are all a branch that bears fruit. Continue reading The World Tree | A Musing on Yggdrasil
The Egyptians were aware of the unique environment in which they were placed and where they flourished. Continue reading A Barren Desert’s Fertile River | A Story of Ancient Egypt
The elephant, as the largest land-dwelling animal on earth, is impossible to hide. Continue reading The Elephant in the City | A Vegetarian Warrior
There was a surge in funding over the last two or three years in quantum computing startups: in both smaller businesses as well as the large tech firms. Continue reading 12 Month Prediction | Quantum Computing and Climate Change
How did the wild wolf become a cute puppy? One theory that has been proposed is that the wolf chose to domesticate itself by choosing to associate itself with humans. Continue reading A Dog’s World | The Ever-Evolving Companion
Deserts are among the planet’s last remaining areas of total wilderness. Yet more than one billion people, one-sixth of the Earth’s population live in desert regions. Continue reading Survival of the Driest | How Life Flourishes in the Desert
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