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— February 23, 2016Ahead of her Hong Kong debut next month, the Korean-American stand-up talks about striking the right
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Modern slavery
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Hong Kong citizen scientists
— January 7, 2016Volunteers sailing to frozen continent help conduct penguin and seabird surveys, monitor ecological changes,
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Lessons from Antarctica
— December 26, 2015Living at latitudes where six months of day is followed by six months of night can wreak havoc on sleep
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Next generation of wearable devices
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Paralysed scientist healed himself with alternative medicine
— November 9, 2015Neurologist Charles Krebs, left paralysed after a diving accident, got back on his feet thanks to kinesiology,
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HK women entrepreneurs find place to connect
— February 16, 2016Launched by members of the defunct Women Business Owners Club as a response to Hong Kong’s growing
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Little Aunt Crane
— December 28, 2015Little Aunt Crane by Yan Geling Penguin, Random House
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Drabble on marriage and personal space
— December 13, 2015The British writer, headline author at the Hong Kong Literary Festival in November 2015, talks to Kate
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Bookseller Nicky Dunne on “exotic” HK
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Partition, romance and a murder
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