asia, australia, gondwana, kangaroos, laurasia

Why Are There Hopping Mice in Australia, but No Kangaroos in Asia?

The animals in Australia are super-different to those in Asia. This goes without saying; we know Australia is full of weird and wonderful creatures found nowhere else on Earth, such as the platypus and the koala. But it may surprise you to know that many of our most iconic critters came from Asia and arrived ...

Troy Oakes

A frill-necked lizard.

Largest Study of Asia’s Rivers Unearths 800 Years of Paleoclimate Patterns

813 years of annual river discharge at 62 stations, 41 rivers in 16 countries, from 1200 to 2012. That is what researchers at the Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD) produced after two years of research in order to better understand paleoclimate patterns of the Asian Monsoon region. Home to many populous river basins, ...

Troy Oakes

The Mekong River.

National Poll: Canadians Want Government to Take Hard Stance Against China

The Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada recently released a new report — 2020 National Opinion Poll: Canadian Views on Asia. The poll saw the participation of 3,519 Canadians and it explored their attitudes toward China and other Asian nations. The results show that the perception of China has taken a massive hit due to the ...

Jack Roberts

HTO Park, Toronto.

Taiwan Proposes Same-Sex Marriage Law Despite Strong Opposition

The government of Taiwan has proposed a draft law that would legalize same-sex marriage and hold them as legally valid as marriages between a man and woman. If passed, Taiwan will become the first Asian country to legalize marriages between people of the same gender. Legalizing same-sex marriages Last year, a series of referendums were ...

Nspirement Staff

Asian Demand for Video Streaming Services Grows at an Impressive Pace

With Asian countries powering a large part of the global economic growth, video streaming services like Netflix are hoping to strike gold in these nations. And as per a report by Media Partners Asia, video content production spending in countries like India, South Korea, Indonesia, Philippines, Malaysia, Vietnam, and Thailand grew by an impressive 8 ...

Armin Auctor