D scanning technology is being used to examine and replicate classic works of art. It's raising some ethical questions about ...
This project began with a brief from the Arts Desk to the Digital Graphics team: a story featuring 60 Singapore Objects – one to represent each year since Singapore’s independence. The Arts ...
Left to right: Shenzhou-20 astronauts Wang Jie, Chen Dong and Chen Zhongrui (Picture: PEDRO PARDO/AFP via Getty Images) Three astronauts are stranded in space after their return capsule was struck by ...
It’s a universal fact that as any 3D object, from a Platonic sphere to a cell to an elephant, grows outward in all directions, its total surface area will increase more slowly than the space it ...
The vast majority of matter is dark – invisible until it is detected only through its gravitational effects. The newly discovered object could be a clump of dark matter, or it could also be a compact, ...
A large cylindrical object that fell from the sky in rural Argentina has caused a stir among locals. A combination of metallic and fibrous materials some 1.7m long and 1.2m wide, it landed in a field ...
The interstellar object dubbed 3I/ATLAS has been fascinating astronomers since its discovery in early July. The object, generally believed to be a comet, is screaming through the solar system at ...
Meet “impossibagel,” a physically impossible bagel that mathematicians use to resolve intricate geometry problems. But impossibagel—and other “impossible objects” in mathematics—is notoriously ...
When it was made: Second to fourth centuries A.D. Roman dodecahedrons have baffled archaeologists since 1739, when the first example of the 12-sided bronze object was discovered in the English ...
The Straits Times, with the help of the National Heritage Board, has curated 60 objects, one for each year of Singapore’s history, to celebrate SG60. Most of these items come from the National ...