Smart Talk Series: Connecting Youths to Leading Malaysians and British Council Leaders
Reading Time: 2 minutesYouths thinking to kickstart their tertiary education need look no further than British Council’s Smart Talk Webinar Series 2021-2022. Happening every Saturday from 9 October, this webinar series aims to inspire students on the possibilities of education in the UK. It is an window of opportunity for audience to interact with a new generation of […]
Captivating thought on ‘the world losing its soil’ wins Famelab
Reading Time: 3 minutesA PLANT SCIENTIST who spoke on a captivating topic and with content touching on rare insight on the world losing its soil won the first prize in the annual FameLab Malaysia National Finals 2021 Championship. Daniel Nesan took the cake beating 11 other science communicators from Malaysia and now qualifies to represent the country at […]
FameLab 2021: Deadline Extended to 18th April 2021
Reading Time: < 1 minuteRegistration for FameLab 2021 competition has been extended to 18th April 2021. FameLab is the world’s leading science communication competition. The objective of FameLab is to address the communication gap between scientists and the public. Participants have just three minutes to win over the judges and crowd with a scientific talk that excels for its […]
Communicating the art of ‘communicating science’ through FameLab
Reading Time: 5 minutesA SCIENCE COMMUNICATION session interestingly brought together a geneticist, a futurist, a microbiologist and an environmentalist on one virtual stage. On a virtual webinar platform, the four speakers from the four vastly contrasting fields of science delivered a highly-spirited discussion to an audience consisting of enthusiastic and aspiring science communicators. The Famelab Webinar hosted on March […]
Women of silk and steel tell how they became iconic researchers and leaders
Reading Time: 5 minutesTHE AGE of stupid, “Doraemon”, “Honey, I Shrunk the Kids” and Jurassic Park are not just entertaining movies or cartoons. To three women scientists, these movies and cartoon evoked their curiosity in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) and has led them to a career in research. Engineering Analyst at Petronas, Wei Vern Hor was enticed into the climate […]