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Day: June 16, 2026

Day: June 16, 2026

Calcium Carbide – The Silent Poison in Our Food

Lai Cheng June 16, 2026 0 Comments
The Consumers’ Association of Penang (CAP) calls upon the authorities to ban the use of calcium carbide as a fruit-ripening agent. Calcium carbide is an industrial chemical that releases acetylene gas when exposed to moisture, a gas that mimics ethylene, the natural fruit-ripening hormone. However, it also emits toxic compounds such as arsenic and phosphorus. The use of calcium carbide is not...
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This Bird Uses Its Beak as a Needle to Sew Its Nest

Lai Cheng June 16, 2026 0 Comments
Found across South and Southeast Asia, the common tailorbird (Orthotomus sutorius) is just 4 to 5 inches long and weighs less than half an ounce. Despite its tiny size, it pulls off one of the most impressive engineering feats in the bird world. This small songbird is the ultimate tailor, using its beak like a sewing needle to carefully pierce leaves and thread fibres through the holes. Why Does...
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Think City: Malaysia’s Public Housing at a Tipping Point, Urgent Overhauls Needed

Lai Cheng June 16, 2026 0 Comments
More than half a century ago, Malaysia embarked on an ambitious housing mission to move the urban poor out of squatter settlements and into homes with access to basic necessities such as water, sanitation and proper infrastructure. The efforts would eventually become one of the country’s development success stories, helping to sharply reduce urban poverty while avoiding the sprawling slums...
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How Car-Centric Planning Punishes 70% of Malaysians

Lai Cheng June 16, 2026 0 Comments
The cost-of-living crisis is partly a result of decades of car-centric planning that make car ownership an expensive necessity while eroding public space and affordable alternatives. For most Malaysians, the gap between income and living costs is growing. And if you want to know where much of that missing money goes, look no further than the family car. For decades, Malaysian cities (especially...
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An Orangutan’s Desperate Attempt to Protect Its Home

Lai Cheng June 16, 2026 0 Comments
In 2013, deep in the rainforests of Borneo, a wildlife rescue team filmed something that stopped the world cold. An orangutan watched its tree come crashing down under an excavator's bucket. With nowhere left to go, it did the only thing it could – it walked straight toward the machine and grabbed the bucket with its bare hands. It wasn't a threat. It wasn't an attack. It was an animal that...
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Choose Less Waste

Lai Cheng June 16, 2026 0 Comments
One disposable cup doesn’t look like a problem. But one cup every day becomes 365 cups every year – from just one person. Now imagine offices, cafés, schools, events, and millions of people doing the same thing daily. A reusable mug may look small, but it quietly saves hundreds of disposable cups from becoming waste. Before you sip… think. The planet doesn’t need more “use once, throw...
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