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Applying Science into Our Daily Lives
How do we apply scientific formulas or theories into our daily lives? According to Associate Professor Dr Hon Wei Min, Dean of the Faculty of Applied Sciences at UCSI University,
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Kuala Lumpur International Dragon Boat Festival
By Edrea Sun Since its inception many hundred years ago, the dragon boat race had traditionally drawn huge crowds in the thousands comprising rowers, supporters, foreign tourists, curious onlookers and locals alike. This time around the festival has come early and was held at the Kepong Metropolitan Lake Garden, the first ever water activity held
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Nocturne:Five Stories of Music and Nightfall
By Khoo Kok Kian Nocturne is derived from the French word, Noctunal and from Latin, Nocturnus. People usually interpret it as a music piece which is inspired by night. A very famous classical music piece by Frederic Chopin was also named based on this word. Kazuo Ishiguro, a prominent author, who is also penned The
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By Conrad Edmund Bateman Mitch Albom once said that, “The way you get meaning into your life is to devote yourself to loving others, devote yourself to your community around you, and devote yourself to creating something that gives you purpose and meaning.” In conjunction with a yearlong celebration of UCSI University’s Silver Jubilee, the
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Increase Climate Earth Animals Glacier Extinction = ICE AGE
There have been several prehistoric exhibitions in the past and these exhibits can only be big! The same goes for the Ice Age Experience exhibition at Berjaya Times Square in Kuala Lumpur where creatures from the Pleistocene period, some 1,000,000 years ago came alive.
Section 1 - Underwater Creatures
The display, the brainchild of Wizart Studio and TeraCipta, features Ice Age creatures such the saber-toothed tiger (Diego), the mammoth (Manny) and the sloth (Sid) in full size, that is if you’re familiar with the animated Ice Age movie. The special effects were interesting and a good educational and entertaining way to get audience attention.
There are seven stations of the exhibition and a guide will walk you through the stations in semi darkness. In Station 1, as you enter, you will be greeted by scary water creatures like the dunkleosteus with its open jaw ready to attack.
What makes the illusion more believable is the fact that cold icy wind is blowing throughout the walkway. The audio of mauling and growling by these primeval creatures seem real, what more with a moving monster pouncing at you from behind! We were also warned to switch off our hand phones in Station 5 for fear of waking the Terror Birds that actually feed on you and me!
Section 2 - Saber-tooth Tiger
And then at Station 7, the last station and when you think that nothing more can scare you, the guide points to fresh prints in the snow. The footprints are huge. While the spectators are busy examining the footprints, out of nowhere a Yeti appears and growls for one more heart stopping moment.
The whole presentation covers the history of the Ice Age with main points stressed on conservation, preservation, extinction and survival. It is the organizers greatest hope that the demonstration will continue to create awareness of the earth’s ecosystem issues of that age and for such threats not to re-occur.
Section 6 - Footprints in the snow
Section 5 - Death Birds
