The Rise of AI

The arrival of ChatGPT may have excited media and social media experts and the general public about the prospects of artificial intelligence. But to engineers, there was nothing new under the sun.The concept of AI has been around for decades. Back in 1950, the British...

Help Is at Hand

The COVID-19 pandemic was a stressful time for everyone. The World Health Organization estimates depression and anxiety increased 25 per cent globally during its first year alone. In Hong Kong, as hospitals became overwhelmed, people were asked to stay home unless...

Surviving the Pressures of Childhood

In 2015, the first International Survey of Children’s Well-Being was published by Children’s Worlds and it immediately caught the attention of Dr Lee Juyeon. The pilot study surveyed 10- and 12-year-olds in 15 countries across five continents. The country where...

Let It Go

Rumination, in which one’s thoughts are stuck in a loop on one subject, can at times be useful in helping us concentrate and solve problems. But living too much in one’s mind is by no means healthy. Scientists have known for decades that ‘inward-focussed’ rumination...

Pros and Cons of Work Stress

If you think anxiety is a bad thing, consider deadlines. They often induce anxiety yet they also motivate people to complete tasks. To Dr Bonnie Hayden Cheng of the Faculty of Business and Economics, they are an example of the positive potential of anxiety.Dr Cheng...