This is going to sound weird, but I want you to look closely for a moment at your thumbs. See how they flex forwards as well as back. Notice how responsive and grippy the skin is. The human thumb is not just a device for giving the thumbs-up sign or …
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PETALING JAYA: The move to drop the Covid-19 tests over six days for travellers arriving in Malaysia from abroad has been lauded by the local tourism players. Local travel operators said the move could help boost tourism and encourage more people to visit the country via the air and land …
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alt dek: In both games and life, how well you prepare in the early stages could determine how well you do in the later ones. Sixteen-year-old Owen Liebenberg and his friends are spending the day rushing around to find resources for tools and food for health. They’re in a race …
Read More »10 great modern black-and-white films
Frances Ha’s UK cinema release was supported by the BFI Distribution Fund. Look around at the current crop of independent releases and everything’s in black and white. Ben Wheatley transported us back to the time of English civil war in painterly monochrome in A Field in England; Joss Whedon updated Much Ado about Nothing to a …
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