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I started programming when I was 5, first with Logo and then BASIC. The picture above is me, age 9 (with horrible posture). By the time this photo was...

Western leftists are arguing among themselves about whether there will be bananas under socialism. In Africa, however, bananas do not necessarily represent the vagaries of capitalism.

Rats are less pestilent and more lovable than we think. Can we learn to live with them?

Feels like you're not in Singapore.

These finger-sized Kaastengels cookies are salty, cheesy, and savory. They are one of the most popular holiday cookies in Indonesia.

Ancient timber preserved in a riverbed suggests humans were building wooden structures 500,000 years ago.

What’s a better way to understand human psychology – ‘I think, therefore I am’ or ‘A person is a person through other persons’?

The Penangite, who is renowned in China for his work, was the first Malaysian to be nominated for a Nobel Prize in Medicine in 1935. His name, however, has never found a place in our school history books.

TIL.

Under the Malaysia Agreement of 1963, Sabah and Sarawak were equal partners to the former Federation of Malaya, but this standing has since been eroded. Here’s what restoring it will mean, and why it's important.

A system of ancient ceramic water pipes, the oldest ever unearthed in China, shows that neolithic people were capable of complex engineering feats without the need for a centralized state authority, finds ...

A team of researchers from the Agency for Science, Technology and Research’s (A*STAR) Genome Institute of Singapore (GIS) analysed the genomes of 177 Singapore Peranakans.

It may soon be obsolete, but the Jungle Train is still a nostalgic jaunt across the heart of the Malay Peninsula, taking in forgotten towns steeped in colonial history.

The ultimate Chinese comfort food is Daddy Lau's soft and silky rice porridge!

Amrita Malhi traces the historical roots of the 3Rs of Malaysian politics to 19th-century colonial contests between Siam and Britain.

Plantation owners in the Borneo state of Sabah are setting aside land for conservation but some remain sceptical.

Introducing Deanna’s Kitchen, a renowned Halal prawn mee hawker chain with a huge cult following amongst the Muslim and Chinese community. They are known for

My weekend makan adventures are back! This weekend, I visited the idyllic town of Taiping to try out one of their most famous breakfast spots - Kakak Restaurant. You'd think that Kakak refers to "sister" (Malay translation) but the name of the shop in Mandarin is actually "家家" which means "every family". As I'm still trying to maintain social distancing as much as possible, I went early to avoid the breakfast crowd. A friendly uncle took our order and everything was promptly served in under 2 m

Have you ever wondered what all those abbreviations mean when it comes to area codes in the Selangor area? PJS? PJU? SS? USJ?

Spoken Teochew is both ancient and at the same time evolving, just like any other "live" languages. The Teochews settled in the Malay-speaking world covering Singapore, Malaysia and Indon...

Ethnonationalism, religious nationalism, neo-fascism and other forms of right-wing and ultra conserv

Many ‘myths’ are authentic memories of human pasts, told by people who passed down precise accounts of their history.

When China's prodigious tech influencer, Naomi Wu, found herself silenced, it wasn't just the machinery of a surveillance state at play. Instead, it was...

In the latest episode of our popular 10 Things You Should Know series, we share facts about the keris, a warfare weapon used in maritime Southeast Asia.