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Opinion & Features

Building the next chapter of scientific competitiveness

The world will reap a record rice harvest of about 541 million tonnes in 2025 to 2026.
Opinion & Features

Rice can feed the world – even with fewer farmers

Now, genetic screening allows parents to test for a wide range of genetic predispositions, while advances in the technology of in-vitro fertilisation allow couples who have no problem conceiving to avail themselves of embryo screening.
Opinion & Features

Today’s eugenics is much more dangerous

In the long term, a biological computer could possibly be used in fields such as robotics or to build systems with "generalised intelligence".
Opinion & Features
OFF TANGENT

Brain cells on silicon chips: The rise of ‘biological computers’

Beijing has sought in recent years to reduce its dependence on foreign sources for critical technology and products.
International

China reviews impact of US data curbs due to Trump’s budget cuts

hycheeky - Singapore biohacker Helen Yang Credit : PHOTO: COURTESY OF HELEN YANG
Lifestyle
FEATURE

Singapore biohackers turn to science to stay younger, live longer

Whether it’s lab-grown meats or bioengineered materials, the scope of synthetic biology reaches far beyond traditional scientific innovation – it has the power to radically reshape industries, economies, and even social norms.
Wealth & Investing
WEALTH & INVESTING

Investing in synthetic biology: Rewriting life’s code

Climate change results in more wildfires encroaching on human-inhabited areas.
International

Slew of satellite projects aims to head off future wildfires

The top two clusters, Tokyo-Yokohama and Shenzhen-Hong Kong-Guangzhou, combined account for almost one of every five patent applications filed globally, driven by Japan’s Mitsubishi Electric and Chinese telecom giant Huawei.
International

Tokyo-Yokohama still world’s top science-tech cluster: UN

FILE PHOTO: A view shows active chimney venting at the Loki's Castle Vent Field on the Arctic Mid-Oceanic Ridge, and white microbial mats can be seen on the chimney at a depth of around 2,500m, in this undated handout picture. University of Bergen, Centre for Deep Sea Research/Handout via REUTERS THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY./File Photo
Lifestyle

Deep-ocean ‘dark oxygen’ find could rewrite Earth’s history

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