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Assignment: Ageing without a safety net in Malaysia
Industrialisation, modern cityscapes and strong economic growth promote an image of a youthful, vigorous Malaysia. But the country is now ageing rapi…
2 years, 1 month ago
Global Dancefloor: Tbilisi
Frank McWeeny heads to Georgia’s capital Tbilisi, to meet the underground music community leading protests against government clampdown on freedom of…
2 years, 1 month ago
In the Studio: Lenin Tamayo and Q-pop
Peruvian singer Lenin Tamayo has been dubbed the founder of ‘Q-pop’. He combines traditional Andean folk music with K-pop inspired instrumentation an…
2 years, 1 month ago
Solutions Journalism: The African 'Babelfish'
Africa is home to around one-third of the world's languages, but only a smattering of them are available online and in translation software. So when …
2 years, 1 month ago
The Fifth Floor: Exam nightmares
Why are exams so stressful? Chinese journalists Wanqing Zhang and Eric Junzhe share personal memories about the infamous Gaokao exam in China, which …
2 years, 1 month ago
BBC OS Conversations: Are we still in love with dating apps?
For millions of us, our phones or computers are the first place we go to look for romance. Dating apps are a multi-billion dollar business, and for a…
2 years, 1 month ago
Heart and Soul: Indigenous healing on the party island of Ibiza
Ibiza is an island of contrasts. A place which triggers thoughts of raucous partying, superstar DJs and excess. But it's also an area of raw natural …
2 years, 1 month ago
Trending: Can we live without our phones?
The BBC's Disinformation and Social Media Correspondent, Marianna Spring, speaks to parents, teenagers and social media company insiders to investiga…
2 years, 1 month ago
Flying High
The Peregrine Falcon is not only the fastest animal on our planet, but also the most widely distributed bird of prey, found on every continent apart …
2 years, 1 month ago
The Midwife’s Confession: Eye Investigates
For the last thirty years Indian journalist Amitabh Parashar has been investigating why a group of midwives in his home state of Bihar were routinely…
2 years, 1 month ago