Can you imagine airports becoming destination spots for entertainment? Shawn Tanis can, and thinks KLIA could set up a theme park.

Today's Dewan Rakyat sitting included updates on targeted loan moratorium extension, enforcement of child safety seat requirements, and the cost of holding a snap election during the pandemic.

Next generation sequencing (NGS) is a form of DNA sequencing which has various applications, including helping doctors to understand cancer mutations. The use of NGS can then help treating oncologists to decide on targeted therapy for cancer patients. To help us dive into how NGS works is consultant clinical oncologist, Dato’ Dr Mohamed Ibrahim Abdul Wahid.

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On the 30th of July, Sabah Chief Minister Shafie Apdal announced that the state Governor Juhar Mah-ru-iddin had agreed to dissolve the state assembly and return the power to the people to choose the state government by way of snap polls. We speak to Mahirah Marzuki, the project coordinator of UndiSabah to find out what Sabahan youths will be considering when they cast their vote.

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As the world continues to grapple with the pandemic, most people seem to have little patience for celebrities trying to connect with their fans online - whether it’s the much- maligned “Imagine” video, or various stars trying to seem normal while quarantining in their palatial mansions. Will COVID-19 be the death of celebrity culture?

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Scientists have managed to revive microbes that are over 100 million years old, which have been lying on the seabed in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. How did they manage to do this and, more importantly, why are they doing this?

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Joe Biden has announced Senator Kamala Harris of California as his pick for Vice President, the first black woman and person of Indian descent to be nominated for national office in the US. We discuss her leadership qualities and mastery of communication, and how it’s led her to the Biden presidential ticket.

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After five years of research into women and the workplace, McKinsey and company have stated, ‘...we see bright spots at senior levels. But companies need to focus their efforts earlier in the pipeline to make real progress.’

The first step, as they say, is fixing the “broken rung”.

Researchers have compared employee behavior over two 8-week periods before and after Covid-19 lockdowns. Looking at email and meeting meta-data, the results were quite surprising. Do you think you’re logging longer hours during the pandemic workday? Are you stuck in more meetings and sending more emails? We discuss.

GoGet is a community platform for part-time help that connects people to verified part-timers known as GoGetters; it has allowed more than 16,000 GoGetters to earn money simply through a smartphone. Francesca Chia of GoGet goes into detail about how she started GoGet and how part-timers are more important than ever.