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  • AI photography and cultural memory: revisualizing the queer histories of Bugis Street in Singapore through layered gazes

  • A Street Named Bugis (1991) Goodwood Journal, 2nd quarter, 6–11. Call no. RSING 052 GHCGJ

  • Aleshire I (1985, July 13). Bugis Street stalls must go—it’s final. The Straits Times. Available via

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  • Comparing corporate sustainability programmes, social entrepreneurship, and cooperatives in shaping farmers’ well-being

    Comparing corporate sustainability programmes, social entrepreneurship, and cooperatives in shaping farmers’ well-being

  • Grabs, J. et al. The role of midstream actors in advancing the sustainability of agri-food supply chains. Nat. Sustain. 1–9. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41893-024-01296-9 (2024).

  • Oberlack, C. et al. With and beyond sustainability certification:…

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  • Encouraging students to socialize at an early stage can prevent loneliness

    Encouraging students to socialize at an early stage can prevent loneliness

    Loneliness is a common problem among students. However, encouraging students to socialize at an early stage can improve the well-being of this group. This is evident from an experiment with a new preventive intervention developed by researchers…

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  • When young adults can't afford independence, family expectations fill the gap

    When young adults can't afford independence, family expectations fill the gap

    I met Lufang Chen, a 30-year-old bank clerk based in the Fujian province of China, in 2016, after she had married a man she initially turned down years earlier. Although she preferred to remain single, and he was not her type anyway, she gave in…

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  • AI-induced cultural stagnation is no longer speculation. It's already happening

    AI-induced cultural stagnation is no longer speculation. It's already happening

    Generative AI was trained on centuries of art and writing produced by humans.

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  • New research reveals how dread shapes decision-making

    New research reveals how dread shapes decision-making

    A new study reveals that people are far more emotionally affected by anticipating negative future outcomes than by imagining positive ones, helping to explain why many individuals avoid uncertainty and prefer decisions to be resolved sooner…

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  • Motivation Can Profoundly Shape Your Memories

    Motivation Can Profoundly Shape Your Memories

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    Memory is slippery and mysterious. Some events are indelibly etched into our…

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  • Study challenges long-held theory that language is built on grammar trees

    Study challenges long-held theory that language is built on grammar trees

    Every time we speak, we’re improvising. “Humans possess a remarkable ability to talk about almost anything, sometimes putting words together into never-before-spoken or -written sentences,” said Morten H. Christiansen, the William R. Kenan, Jr….

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  • 'Autoplay got me there': How YouTube's algorithm built a following for fascist group Patriotic Alternative

    'Autoplay got me there': How YouTube's algorithm built a following for fascist group Patriotic Alternative

    YouTube is a key tool in recruiting far-right activists to the largest British fascist group Patriotic Alternative (PA), according to new research.

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