How climate change is affecting Malaysia
RECENTLY, I came across a most erudite paper written by Assoc Prof Dr Haliza Abdul Rahman published in the Malaysian…
Browsing: Nature Matters
For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction
NEWTON, in his book ‘Philosophiae Naturalis Principiae Mathematica’, which was published in 1687, stated the above quote as his Third…
Plumbing the ocean depths
AFTER a decade and a half of negotiations, finally in the late evening of Saturday, March 4, 2023, United Nations…
The egress of egrets
THE name egret originates from the Old French Provencal term ‘aigreta’ meaning small aigron or heron. Egrets are indeed members…
Turn off the lights!
THE 18th century French philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau did not believe that God approved of street lighting. He thought that humans…
Slippery slopes
SLOPES are in a state of equilibrium when the angles of rest or repose of the material of which they…
European hedgehogs and Borneo moonrats
FACEWISE, these mammals almost resemble each other and live similar lifestyles for both animals tend to be nocturnal in their…
They are there to be climbed!
THIS astute comment by Sir Edmund Hilary, who together with Namgyal Wangdi or Sherpa Tenzing Norgay made the first recorded…