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Read more about the article Hotter than Hot: Negative Temperatures
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Hotter than Hot: Negative Temperatures

  • Post author:Kai Xiang Lee
  • Post published:25th July 2022
  • Post category:Science Briefs

Absolute zero. The coldest temperature possible you can go. Is there a highest temperature you can reach?

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Read more about the article The Statistician’s Guide to the Galaxy:  Revisiting the Drake Equation
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The Statistician’s Guide to the Galaxy: Revisiting the Drake Equation

  • Post author:Lim Jia Yi Annabel
  • Post published:26th July 2021
  • Post category:Science Briefs

No really, where are all the aliens? We lonely apes on this ball of dirt have been looking into the void for companions. But where is everyone? Are we really alone?

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Read more about the article The Things That Need Not Be Said: The Redundancy of Languages
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The Things That Need Not Be Said: The Redundancy of Languages

  • Post author:Kai Xiang Lee
  • Post published:19th July 2021
  • Post category:Science Briefs

Language is an intrinsic part of our daily lives. Yet, we hardly ever think about its intricate workings. Join Kai Xiang as he probes into an interesting quirk of language!

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Read more about the article Dwellers of the Deepest Deep:  A Biochemical Manual to Surviving the Abyss
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Dwellers of the Deepest Deep: A Biochemical Manual to Surviving the Abyss

  • Post author:Lim Jia Yi Annabel
  • Post published:12th July 2021
  • Post category:Science Briefs

Imagine a deep abyss without light, stretching thousands of metres beneath the sea. What life could possibly exist there? How could they possibly survive?

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Read more about the article CSI Dino: Death by Mercury Poisoning?
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CSI Dino: Death by Mercury Poisoning?

  • Post author:Lim Jia Yi Annabel
  • Post published:5th July 2021
  • Post category:Science Briefs

How did the dinosaurs die out? Was it really an asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs? Dive in with Annabel as we sleuth out another possible reason for their extinction!

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