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- The secrets inside your salivaby BBC_Future on January 28, 2023 at 2:19 pm
Saliva is more than just a way to keep your mouth comfortably lubricated. Its cocktail of substances, scientists are discovering, are the x factor behind the flavours we taste.
- How an ancient Greek myth still shapes our mindsby BBC_Future on January 28, 2023 at 2:19 pm
Stories about babies delivered by storks, or grown in cabbage patches, have enchanted generations. But do they still have a place in modern parenting?
- Why we need new words for life in the Anthropoceneby BBC_Future on January 28, 2023 at 2:19 pm
The Bureau of Linguistical Reality is assembling a new lexicon for people's experience of climate change and environmental upheaval, writes Richard Fisher.
- How climate change threatens to close ski resortsby BBC_Future on January 28, 2023 at 2:19 pm
From the Swiss Alps to the Rocky Mountains, ski resorts are grappling with the impacts of climate change. How are they adapting in a warming world?
- Leprosy: the ancient disease scientists can't solveby BBC_Future on January 28, 2023 at 2:19 pm
Though it's been around for nearly 3,500 years, scientists are still missing many basic facts about the disease.
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- Ride-hailing to food delivery: Geolah founder on building new superapp for S’pore and beyondby Zafirah Salim on January 27, 2023 at 9:51 am
Geolah offers a wide range of transportation services with zero commission fee for partner-drivers. Its beta trial for GeoRide will start on 14 February 2023.
- Tuft Club: How TikTok prompted these 3 friends to start up S’pore’s first rug tufting studioby Yoganeetha Sivakumar on January 27, 2023 at 8:50 am
They drew S$600 monthly salaries for a year as they pivoted from a painting and punch needle studio to launch Tuft Club in 2021.
- M’sian gold investment app HelloGold shuts down after 6 yrs, here’s why & what’s next for itby Claudia Khaw on January 27, 2023 at 4:45 am
HelloGold, a Malaysian gold investment app, has shut down its consumer business and plans to pivot to B2B and white-labelling its product.
- This ex-banker built an AI-powered platform to streamline hiring, matching jobseekers to firmsby Clement Ooi on January 27, 2023 at 4:32 am
With the use of AI, OppTy helps to automate the tedious hiring process, from screening candidates to scheduling job interviews.
- 500 Global-backed M’sian metaverse startup bags funding to help businesses enter Web 3by Claudia Khaw on January 27, 2023 at 2:50 am
Virtualtech Frontier, a Malaysian metaverse development company, has bagged its Seed 3 bridging round from Blockchain Founders Fund.
- Archetype Family: Visionary
- Other Expressions: Entrepreneur, Innovator, Pioneer, Guide, Dreamer
- Life Journey: To bring the future into the present, and sense the changing impulses of society.
- Unique Challenge: To remain committed to a new vision in order to bring it to fruition.
- Lesson To Learn: To believe in my vision, however great or small, and my creative potential to change lives.
- Defining Grace: Courage
- Challenge To Self: I will envision new possibilities for humanity and recognize when an idea is worth rearranging my life for.
THE FUTURIST: Futurists have incredible minds and are tenacious about achieving their goals.
THE ENTREPRENEUR: Often successful at an early age (at least these days), Entrepreneurs have a spirit of exploration and adventure that makes them inspired company.
THE DIRECTOR: They don’t call directing “helming” for nothing. Directors, like sea captains, have to keep everything going at once while maintaining an almost supernatural cool.
THE STRATEGIST: You see total picture and therefore solutions to problems. You operate very efficiently in dark rooms and war rooms.Your downside is black and white thinking.
THE INTUITIVE: You see inside a person and you see the future. Your downside is you don’t see everything and you don’t bat 100% with your visions. You can further abuse trust others may have in your insights.
THE DETECTIVE: You see and sense extremely fine details that may ordinarily be missed. You can also be a snoop and very intrusive.
THE HERMIT: You have an inordinate need for solitude to explore your world creatively and intellectually. You can also become intolerant of other people or other places.
