More meat not needed, dietician says
HPA RECOMMENDATIONS: A dietician said people might have the misconception that more meat is needed if the daily…
Rising chip prices to curb phone sales
VULNERABLE: Chinese smartphone vendors such as Xiaomi and Transsion would see deeper corrections given their larger exposure to…
Taiwanese team identifies Internet addiction with EEG
A Taiwanese research team has developed a machine-learning model that analyzes electroencephalography (EEG) brain wave patterns to distinguish…
Group protests KMT bill to end pension reforms
By Lin Che-yuan
and Jason Pan /
Staff reporters The push by the Chinese Nationalist Party…
Good diet, exercise, sun exposure urged to avoid sarcopenia
By Yang Mien-chieh and William Hetherington / Staff reporter, with staff writer Those older than 40 years old…
Undersea cable glitch causes minor Internet slowdown
A power issue that occurred on Saturday on the Asia-Pacific Gateway (APG) undersea cable has caused some connection…
Tighter drug inventory controls proposed
By Lin Chih-yi and Huang Cheng-chia / Staff reporters The government proposed amendments that would set up an…
Sleeping pill use among young Taiwanese doubled
The use of benzodiazepines among adolescents in Taiwan nearly doubled between 2014 and 2018, surpassing rates in Europe…
KMT’s pension fund plan risky: report
FINANCES: The KMT plan to halt pension cuts could bankrupt the pension fund years earlier, undermining intergenerational fairness,…
Survey finds 43% of dads show signs of depression
FINANCIAL WOES: Among fathers who showed higher levels of depression, 5.9% said they did not make enough money…
Taiwanese entrepreneur shakes up satellite industry
Taiwanese tech entrepreneur Thomas Yen (顏伯勳) turned fiction into reality after being inspired by the maneuverability of a…
Mental health leave rules proposed for military officers
By Aaron Tu and Jake Chung / Staff reporter, with staff writer Active-duty military officers and non-commissioned officers…