Category Archives: science

Big words made easy

25 February 2010 – 21:23

Can you mention ‘pluralistic ignorance’, ‘cognitive dissonance’ and ‘confirmation bias’ all in one paragraph and still end up with a perfectly readable text that would make sense to, say, a Secondary School student? The authors of the Welcome Trust’s Big Picture issue on Health and Climate Change can. While discussing why we don’t take quick [...]

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Everyone’s invited

29 February 2008 – 17:35

On Saturday, 8 March, I will be giving a talk at the NUS Museum, as part of their NUS Arts Festival 2008. Apart from the art of Ng Eng Teng, I will be talking about mosquitoes, how their world differs from ours, and what it takes to appreciate art (hint: there will be a fair [...]

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Art and Science

13 December 2007 – 13:36

About two months ago, shortly after setting up ArtBioCom, I had my name cards printed in a neighbourhood shop nearby. While I was waiting for my order to be processed, an auntie sitting next to the counter – I don’t think she was working there, just the resident kaypoh – picked up the test print [...]

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