Is The Cold Fusion Egg About To Hatch?
Low-energy nuclear reactions (LENR) is a controversial field that traces its origins to the claims of ‘cold fusion’ by Martin Fleischmann and Stanley Pons in 1989. Cold fusion itself is…
Share
Science
120 posts
First In Southeast Asia: Singapore Surgeons Use Robot Assistants During Heart Surgeries
Singapore doctors are now equipped with robot arms in their heart operations. The first of its kind Last December, Tan Tock Seng Hospital’s (TTSH) Interventional Cardiology department first performed robot-assisted…
Share
Why Science Needs The Humanities To Solve Climate Change
Large wildfires in the Arctic and intense heat waves in Europe are just the latest evidence that climate change is becoming the defining event of our time. Unlike other periods…
Share
From 20,000 Miles Up, Our Home Planet Is A Hypnotic Swirl Of The Familiar And The Sublime
The Japanese weather satellite Himawari-8 was launched in 2014 for a planned eight-year mission to collect forecasting, weather-monitoring and research data. For his experimental short A Year Along the Geostationary Orbit,…
Share
New Antibody Drug To Potentially Treat Cancer
Singapore scientists and clinicians have discovered a promising use of antibodies to target a new cancer antigen, as an alternative for chemotherapy. Scientists from A*STAR’s Institute of Molecular and Cell…
Share
How The Maths Of Network Resilience Could Help Us Preserve At-Risk Ecosystems
Ecosystems are networks so intricate that their survival or collapse is extremely difficult to predict. However, by mapping the lifespans and studying the resilience of different ecosystems around the world,…
Share
You Thought Quantum Mechanics Was Weird: Check Out Entangled Time
In the summer of 1935, the physicists Albert Einstein and Erwin Schrödinger engaged in a rich, multifaceted and sometimes fretful correspondence about the implications of the new theory of quantum…
Share
Statistics For Dummies: A Quick Guide On Probability Axioms
In the face of uncertainty, we instinctively act based on which actions lead to the ideal result. Of course, it is desirable if we can determine how likely it is…
Share
Snowflake formulas, dice odds and other satisfying maths of the everyday
Mathematical properties underpin everything in our world, even if our minds tend towards noting their effects rather than their functions. This mesmerising video from the Paris-based design studio Parachutes investigates the…
Share
The Great Mystery Of Mathematics Is Its Lack Of Mystery
In one sense, there’s less mystery in mathematics than there is in any other human endeavour. In math, we can really understand things, in a deeper way than we ever…
Share