Past Feature Pieces
The Skeptic
- Young people in Singapore may be vaccine hesitant, but we’ll get vaccinated to protect others
- Talking with believers helps us understand the emotional appeal of conspiracy theories
- BTS = Bow to Satan? How Satanic, Illuminati conspiracies travelled from West to East
- Behind the World Wide Wall: how the anglophone IT industry limits diversity in coding talent
- Curbing misinformation begins with having more patience with the older generation
- Why Millennials and Gen Z are turning to tarot as a form of “therapy”
- Pulau Tekong: An island of ghosts, and the military men who train there
- Yishun: the source of Singapore’s very own “Florida Man” memes
- Going cashless may be the future, but we can’t afford to leave vulnerable people behind
- How American conspiracy theories invaded my family home in Singapore
- Durian fruit myths: the many tall tales associated with the “King of Fruits”
- Fire, malfunction, North Korea, or something else: What really happened to flight MH370?
The Skeptic
- Traditional Chinese Medicine’s grip on Singaporean society
- Food for thought: the Hungry Ghost Festival of Singapore
- Mothers-only Lockdown: postpartum confinement practices in Asia
- Kumanthong, Ghost Babies, and Child Angels: the persistence of superstition in Singapore
- Who is “That Girl”, and why do Gen Zs worship her routine?
- Where mental illness is blamed on spirits, we need to be human to reach people
- The self-help industry is booming, but its advice is rarely based on solid evidence
- Is there a role in modern Singapore for superstitions and the little ways they control us?
- Could lucid dreaming be the answer to avoiding persistent, recurring nightmares?
- Exploring the ongoing popularity of Feng Shui in Singaporean society
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