deeply misunderstood because we are living within an infrastructure which wasn’t built to recognise them.” She adds that “consent education at schools is so important, to help children and teenagers understand how to determine their own yes or no, and also how to process someone else's no...
In the early stages of the 2006 bird flu outbreak, while acting as director of a graduate school, I was asked a rather pointed question by a difficult colleague: “I want to ask you, as director, ‘What’s the university’s position on bird flu?’” The use of the phrase “as dir...
Along the trails, be sure to keep your eyes open for the plenteous interesting vegetation to check out. The unique ecology is what makes Kinabalu Park the UNESCO World Heritage Site, not just the Mt. Kinabalu.Kinabalu Park has the highest density of orchid species in the world.Climbers could...
We can't predict virus spillovers to humans, so developing vaccines preemptively isn't an option. There has been ongoing discussions of a "universal flu vaccine" which would provide immunity against all influenza virus mutants.But so farthis hasn't been possible. Let wildlife be wildlife Despite...
Without sleep, the brain loses its ability to recognise the difference between neutral information and negative information. When this happens, people tend to have similar emotional responses to both neutral and negative information. This can fuel more negatively charged moods, as well as anxiety, de...