Kate Whitehead

Wearable trackers have got smarter and better looking

Researcher says treatment would allow air passengers to adapt to new time zones ‘far more quickly’, but cure for jet lag is still some way off

India-born human rights advocate was sold into slavery as a child. Now she works to end the trade in people in the hope no child will have to endure what she went through

Yeewan Koon revived Chinese art history courses at the University of Hong Kong, advises top art institutions, and wrote a book on Japanese artist Yoshitomo Nara Yeewan Koon, associate professor and chair of the art history department at the University of Hong Kong (HKU), is not only super smart but sassy as well. It’s a…

Getting to North Korea is the easy part – the real dilemma is whether or not to go. By visiting one of the world’s most isolated regimes are you condoning what goes on there, does it mean you’re ok with throwing political prisoners in labor camps – for three generations? It’s one of the few places…

The co-founder of the Californian band tells Kate Whitehead about riding the fame wave.