Do cats know their names and are purposefully ignoring their owners? A team of Japanese researchers pounced on this question - and we have the results.

The gut is often considered the second brain. Fresh off the panel session about gut health in BFM's Health & Living Live event, neurogeneticist Dr Azlina Ahmad Annuar returns to the studio to elaborate on the brain-gut connection.

For the first time ever, the prestigious Venice Art Biennale - which will take place from May to November this year - will feature an official Malaysia pavilion. We speak with the pavilion’s curator and project director Lim Wei-Ling about how she made it happen and what we can expect.

We’ve all done this at least once before - Visiting Dr Google for a diagnosis. Researchers are unraveling the psychological reasons why some people relentlessly self-diagnose themselves online for hours a day.

A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away….there was a black hole. And astronomers have finally captured its first-ever picture.

People who stutter are often misunderstood and shunned in our society. Stuttering is actually an undermined communication disorder, and has nothing to do with a person’s intelligence or upbringing. To help us understand more about it is speech-language therapist Dr Etain Vong.

India goes to the polls this month in what will be the biggest democratic exercise in history, with 815 million people registered to vote in an election that will be held over a six-week period. We speak with two journalists from India to gain insight into the major issues involved, and why this general election could be a pivotal one for the country.

Youtuber parents recently pulled an April Fools’ prank on their 6-year old daughter. But what happens when the business of documenting your domestic antics goes from cute to cruel? We discuss the dangers of family vlogging, to children.

Can art be both popular and meaningful? This was one of the big questions being discussed at the Culture Summit that is currently happening in Abu Dhabi.

For most of us who spend our days hunched over at work, neck and shoulder aches become par for the course. But could we be missing something more serious? Consultant orthopaedic surgeon Dr Rajesh Singh discusses neck and shoulder problems.

The Dancebox Festival is a mini-festival stretching over 4 days, featuring 27 local dance groups in 4 different programmes. The festival will feature a mix of revived choreographies and new works, as well as performances from the wider dance community in Malaysia. We speak with the show’s producer and two practitioners who reconstructed performances from Malaysia’s dance history.

Discovery Channel premiered an advertisement yesterday, and it is a TOTAL bro-fest. So female scientists are clapping back in the coolest way - with a video of their own.

The CDC has described it as “a creature from the black lagoon. It bubbled up and now it is everywhere.” What is it? You’ll find out.

Some of us see celebrities with physiques like Hugh Jackman and Chris Evans and wonder how they do it. Sculpting a figure like that takes a lot of work, like a rigorous gym schedule. But for some of us, that alone might not feel enough. Today we discuss steroid abuse at the gym and how this endangers our health.

Sampah-Menyampah has been going from strength to strength since it was launched back in 2017, helping to get us all moving towards a cleaner, healthier, unpolluted, and community-spirited Malaysia. Carolyn Joan Lau, the co-founder of the Sampah, Menyampah! joins us to give us updates on the movement and also to fill us in on all the events lined up at this year's Sampah, Menyampah and Friends' Earth Weekend event. Also joining us is Jasmine Tuan of Rent My Wardrobe - KL, to talk about how...

An Instagram account has taken it upon itself to call out social media influencers who indulge in Instagram tourism that harms natural environments. We discuss whether influencers are being disrespectful in their quest to “do it for the gram”.

Last Saturday, we had our fourth Health and Living Live at Nexus Bangsar South. We take a look at some of the highlights of the event.

Dr George Lee returns to discuss the latest medical news. Expect deep insights delivered with generous humour. Joining him this week is consultant pulmonologist Dr Jamalul Azizi to discuss the latest in tuberculosis in light of the recent World Tuberculosis Day, observed every year on March 24th.

Saul Takahashi is a human rights lawyer and activist based in Tokyo. He was the Deputy Head of Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) in occupied Palestine, and has authored numerous publications in English and Japanese on human rights in Palestine. He joins us to discuss his work, specifically in the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement, which works to end international support for Israel's oppression of Palestinians and pressure Israel to comply...

If you don’t ban smacking, you could be violating international law. Can we do what Scotland and Wales are planning to do?

Mother Nature plays a crucial role in helping us overcome the current climate and biodiversity crises, but activists say that we have forgotten about it.

Women experience mental health issues very differently compared to men. Is it related to the cliche that women are “more emotional” than men? Or are there more complex factors related to gender biases and taboos in society? Consultant psychiatrist Dr Gurdeep Grewal and Sumitra Visvanathan, Executive Director of Women’s Aid Organisation (WAO) discuss how to address mental health issues among women.

Two groups of odissi dancers, from two different schools of training, nurtured in two different countries; “Odissi on High” brings together dancers from Malaysia’s Sutra Foundation and the Rudrakshya Foundation in Odisha, India. We speak with two dancers, one from each school, to gain insight into how their differences and similarities became the basis for a joint exploration of the Indian classical dance form.

Many traditional children’s stories are criticised for gender stereotyping and questionable morals – But is that really true? We take a look.

Only two people in the world have this genetic mutation – and Jo Cameron is one of them. Find out what it's like to never feel pain.