“Everything has its beauty, but not everyone sees it”. — Confucius Another oft heard of phrase connects beauty and the act of appreciation; “beauty is in the eye of the beholder”. It is never easy to define beauty, or even claim that one has beheld ideal beauty; that one true encapsulation of ethereal perfection. As…
Read MoreA period of elemental challenge
Guest Post by Hoe Kian Guang, Student at Raffles Junior College. His teammates were Samuel Fong, Alden Tan & Tan An Sen. The 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. Since its inception, SSYSF…
Read MoreSomebody call Pest Control!
Anything even vaguely ‘Australian’ generally grabs my attention for good cause although honestly, there are occasions when I wish I was less attentive. One such occasion was on Monday evening, when I’d logged off from work at the Science Centre and had made my way home to have dinner. As I was tucking into dinner,…
Read MoreHave you seen this moth?
Six years ago, Singapore saw an unusually large number of Lyssa zampa – big, gray, swallow-tailed moths – appearing all over the place. Starting then, and every year since, N Sivasothi from the National University of Singapore has been asking his friends and online followers to report any sightings. He is keeping tabs on how the number…
Read MoreDon’t be afraid of sharks
Guest Post by Rodney Fox, Planet Shark Ambassador Hi I’m Rodney Fox. In 1963 I was attacked by a Great White Shark and badly bitten around my chest and arm. My survival is regarded as a miracle and is still thought of as one of the world’s worst shark attacks in history. But the attack…
Read MoreScience of the City
Juggling roller skaters are not exactly an everyday occurance, at least not in my city. But they are excellent illustrations of relative motion, and surprisingly entertaining to watch. How do I know? Well, one of the entries in the Science of the City Video Contest features lots of roller skaters, and one of them juggles…
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