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Name: Guest Author
Date registered: 18 February 2011

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To complement the contributions of our regular authors, Stir-fried Science invites guest authors to write a post whenever we come accross someone with something interesting to say. They are usually associated with the Science Centre Singapore one way or another.

Latest posts

  1. Lights, Camera, Action! — 15 May 2012
  2. Future Perfect II — 29 February 2012
  3. Future Perfect I — 27 February 2012
  4. The world of dinosaurs — 24 February 2012
  5. The Ancient Era — 21 February 2012

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May
15

Lights, Camera, Action!

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Shell Singapore Youth Science Festival (SSYSF) is a national event, jointly organised by Science Centre Singapore, the Science Teachers’ Association of Singapore and the Shell Companies in Singapore.   Shell and Science Centre Singapore’s 35 years of collaboration has yielded a gem of an event – the Shell Singapore Youth Science Festival (SSYSF). One of the highlights of this festival,… Continue reading »

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Feb
29

Future Perfect II

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Guest Post by Alvin Tan, artistic director, The Necessary Stage. ‘Future Perfect’ – a play about human enhancement. Three interwoven stories, light-hearted, dramatic and poignant, will unfold before your eyes and pull you in as the characters struggle with ethical issues on the biomedical front. Future Perfect’ runs at the Science Centre from 5-9 March,… Continue reading »

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Feb
27

Future Perfect I

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Guest Post by Haresh Sharma, playwright, The Necessary Stage. ‘Future Perfect’ – a play about human enhancement. Three interwoven stories, light-hearted, dramatic and poignant, will unfold before your eyes and pull you in as the characters struggle with ethical issues on the biomedical front. Future Perfect’ runs at the Science Centre from 5-9 March, 2.30-3.30pm.… Continue reading »

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Feb
24

The world of dinosaurs

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Guest Post by Nabil Rafael Roslan, Eunos Primary School. This is one of three selected blog posts written for the Berita Harian newspaper as part of a student press event at the Dinosaurs-Live! Exhibition. Late one night, I heard a soft knocking on my window. I turned towards the sound and was immediately startled. I… Continue reading »

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Feb
21

The Ancient Era

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Guest Post by Nabilah Shukran, Punggol Primary School. This is one of three selected blog posts written for the Berita Harian newspaper as part of a student press event at the Dinosaurs-Live! Exhibition. “Eh! What is this place?,” I asked myself. All of a sudden, a dinosaur walked towards me. “Huh? Am I in an… Continue reading »

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Feb
20

My Friends and I

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Guest Post by Nora Arfia Farahina Yusri, Yuhua Primary School. This is one of three selected blog posts written for the Berita Harian newspaper as part of a student press event at the Dinosaurs Life! Exhibition. Hello! I’m Stegosaurus, a clever and bright dinosaur. I’m also helpful and love to help other animals in the… Continue reading »

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Feb
16

Touching the Inside

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Guest Post by Thomas Rydell, Studio Director, Interactive Institute, Sweden, who is a partner of Science Centre Singapore’s ‘Uniquely You’ Exhibition where the Virtual Autopsy Table is featured. The Virtual Autopsy Table from Visualiseringscenter C on Vimeo. Touch and multi-touch technology have changed the way we use computers in our daily lives. Game-changing products such as the iPhone and… Continue reading »

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Jan
31

SMSS’ Science Escapade!

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Guest Post by Dr Lee Song Choon, who helped facilitate St Margaret Secondary School’s recent science escapade to Science Centre Singapore on 6 Jan 2012. Plumes of liquid nitrogen diffusing into a cheery SMSS crowd St Margaret’s Secondary School (SMSS) descended upon Science Centre for an activity-filled Science Day earlier this month. It is the first time… Continue reading »

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Dec
01

Digging up my little dino!

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Guest Post by Leaellyn Rich, the daughter of Professor Patricia Vickers-Rich, who delivered two intriguing talks entitled ‘Dinos in Mukluks’ on 21 and 22 October at Science Centre Singapore. The following is an adapation of Leaellyn’s “My Little Dino” article. I always wanted my very own dinosaur. Then my parents found one for me—deep in an Australian mine!… Continue reading »

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Nov
15

The Stop Motion Boom

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Guest Post by Nick Berger, who is the co-author of the book, titled ‘The Klutz Book of Animation’ and who will be at Science Centre Singapore on 21, 22 and 23 November from 2-5pm to conduct a 3-hour workshop on stop motion animation. Stop motion animation is enjoying something of a renaissance on YouTube at… Continue reading »

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