Will scrapping the PSLE create a sheltered generation, unprepared for the rigours of the modern workplace? This concern was expressed in a recent op-ed by Associate Professor Mary Foong-Fong Chong, ...

SINGAPORE – Parents raised hot-button issues like the stress of major examinations such as the PSLE at the latest and final edition of Conversations with The Straits Times, a year-long series of ...

Tessellations aren’t just eye-catching patterns—they can be used to crack complex mathematical problems. By repeatedly ...

Answering questions on Gaza and Syria, President Donald Trump says his relationship with Benjamin Netanyahu is “very good” and that the recent Israeli strike on a Hamas general is still being reviewed ...

Last week, I was reading journal articles to add to my list of references for a new research article I’m working on. I had a lot of trouble with one article’s reference list: some of the sources were ...

Bigger than Hubble and launching as soon as 2029, the Lazuli Space Observatory would be the first-ever full-scale private ...

Have you been Googling for the perfect Star Wars trivia post? Well, you found it! This post is intended to be used for trivia nights rather than a quiz you take yourself. So if you're reading this, ...

MORE THAN a thousand people gathered at Bondi Beach in Sydney on December 14th, the first night of Hannukah, to watch the lighting of a menorah. Children wearing face paint crowded a petting zoo.

The National Science Foundation will “break up” a climate and weather research lab in Colorado, according to White House Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought. The Foundation, an ...

Vladimir Putin may have a reputation among some as a ruthless autocrat, a master manipulator of the international scene. But one thing Russia's president does not have is a poker face. The late US ...

From Agency Chaos to Dark Energy Shocks: How Politics, Health, Climate Policy and Space Science Defined 2025 A look back at 2025’s biggest science stories—from federal upheaval and public health ...

Imagine this: You’re a South Korean teenager taking a notoriously grueling 8-hour college entrance exam. You’ve been prepping for this for months, perhaps years. You reach the English portion, and you ...