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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…

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Why Science Needs The Humanities To Solve Climate Change

August 7, 2019

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…

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From 20,000 Miles Up, Our Home Planet Is A Hypnotic Swirl Of The Familiar And The Sublime

August 6, 2019

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,…

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New Antibody Drug To Potentially Treat Cancer

August 5, 2019

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…

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How The Maths Of Network Resilience Could Help Us Preserve At-Risk Ecosystems

July 29, 2019

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,…

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You Thought Quantum Mechanics Was Weird: Check Out Entangled Time

July 25, 2019

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…

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Statistics For Dummies: A Quick Guide On Probability Axioms

April 25, 2019

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…

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Snowflake formulas, dice odds and other satisfying maths of the everyday

September 4, 2018

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…

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The Great Mystery Of Mathematics Is Its Lack Of Mystery

October 27, 2017

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…

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