Academics

Hijab-switching researcher scandal puts Indonesian academia under scrutiny

Indonesian researcher Prihantini presenting under two different names at the International Society of Pneumonia and Pneumococcal Diseases conference in Copenhagen, Denmark, on May 18.

ACJC come from behind to beat VJC and reclaim A Div netball title

ACJC goalkeeper Alyssa Renee Tan Rui-En rejoined her team at the start of 2026 after taking a seven-month break from it last year.

Singapore’s Olympic medallist Feng Tianwei to open table tennis academy in Fernvale

Singapore’s most bemedaled Olympian Feng Tianwei is set to open her first table tennis academy in Fernvale.

Imagine a Singapore without all that hyper-competition

Zero-sum approaches to life result broadly in three losses, the writer’s research has found – a lack of curiosity, generosity and risk-taking necessary for leadership.

Chomsky sympathised with Epstein over ‘horrible’ press treatment, thanked him for ‘care packages’

Philosopher Noam Chomsky and Jeffrey Epstein appear in this undated handout photo from the estate of the late financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein in this undated image from the U.S. Justice Department’s file released by House Oversight Committee Democrats in Washington, D.C., U.S., on December 18, 2025. House Oversight Committee Democrats/Handout via REUTERS THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY

Study finds Tyrannosaurus rex did not reach full size until age 40

Tyrannosaurus prowled western North America during the Cretaceous Period over 66 million years ago.

South Korean researchers find way to remove nanoplastics from water in 10 minutes

The team said its process eliminated more than 95 per cent of micro and nanoplastics within 10 minutes.

Swiss author Erich von Daeniken, who popularised ancient‑alien theories, dies at 90

Representatives of Swiss author Erich von Daeniken announced his death on his website on Jan 11, 2026.

South Korean mathematician solves 60-year-old maths puzzle

Dr Baek Jin-eon compared the research process to repeatedly building and discarding ideas.

Trump administration agrees to review stalled NIH research grants after lawsuit

A federal judge in Boston previously ruled that the NIH unlawfully cancelled hundreds of millions of dollars in research grants.

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