MCO ‘survival camp’ offers intellect revelry for children, parents
Reading Time: 4 minutesMINDING children even without a pandemic lockdown is a huge challenge for many young parents – what more now when they are forced to be cooped up at home with their children during the current movement control order (MCO) in place? As there is so much time and space for the children now, and so […]
When lack of science literacy puts us in a spot!
Reading Time: 4 minutesBLOOPERS | Health Minister Dr Adham Baba was recently the laughing stock of the nation for having suggested during a TV 1 interview that drinking warm water could prevent the Covid-19 infection. This blooper was trending for a while – doing the rounds in social media, jumping from one cell phone to another, is being […]
Launch of Science Media Centre (SMC) to support Malaysian journalists during the COVID-19 coverage
Reading Time: 3 minutesSCIENCE is everywhere and it impacts all aspects of our lives, but it remains an elite subject, far from the comprehension of the public and even mass media. Fake news is abound and both the public and the media are often unable to distinguish between science and pseudoscience. This is more evident in the time […]
Why we fear the food we eat?
Reading Time: 5 minutesPRESERVATIVES, artificial food colorings, gluten, and more… the grocery store aisle can be a scary place these days. It seems like there are new stories from social media influencers every day about potent food additives or ingredients that will either kill you or make you live forever. Despite what we hear in the media and […]
Researcher targets precision strike at cancer cells
Reading Time: 8 minutesAssociate Professor Dr Oon Chern Ein of Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) has received many accolades for being a game changer in her scientific pursuit which is largely focused in discovering new potential targeted therapies to treat cancer. She shares her thoughts on her work and the need for communicating science to the public with SHAMIRA […]
HELLO, the big world out there!
Reading Time: < 1 minuteIN conjunction with USM’s 50th anniversary, a dedicated blog for communicating science and the arts has been launched. The blog — Simply Speaking — was created to specially appeal to the stakeholders who matter and the public at large. This blog marks another milestone in the continuing efforts of USM to reach out to society […]
‘Make it simple, please’
Reading Time: 2 minutesFOR six years, Ugandan policymakers and journalists have expressed frustrations about the difficulty in appreciating scientific terminologies and messages presented about biotechnology. On many occasions, non-scientists have volunteered to simplify the science with limited success. For this reason, Uganda Biosciences Information Center (UBIC) brought together science and media practitioners to develop the first ever dictionary […]
Changing my community through science communication
Reading Time: 3 minutesBY HABIMANA JEAN CLAUDE IT IS Saturday morning in southern Rwanda. Nyiramana’s face is drenched in sweat as she plants maize in her two-acre family farm. She expects to make a decent profit this season given she got the seed at a bargain. A couple of weeks later, Nyiramana’s hope begins to dwindle. The rains […]
A big toast to wine science!
Reading Time: 3 minutesCOMMUNICATING science to a wider audience is increasingly important and the Australian Wine Research Institute (AWRI) has risen to the challenge by developing a series of interactive wine science events. These events, conducted during the Australian National Science Week each year, blend wine tasting with scientific information and stories for an evening of entertainment that […]
Communicating science, in the right way
Reading Time: 4 minutesThe inventions and discoveries we see all around us did not fall from the sky. They came about as a result of scientist working around the globe including in Malaysia. In this special column, The Petri Dish takes a peek into the laboratories in Australia, where scientists tell us about their research, discoveries and just […]