The Christmas Truce of World War One

It was 1914, exactly 100 years ago, on Christmas Day, that something miraculous happened.

It was World War I, the defending Allies were engaged in a bitter combat against the invading German troop at the Belgium-France border.

But on December 24th, at points along the western front, Germans placed lighted trees on trench and the Allies joined them in an impromptu peace.

My Encounter With Kopi Luwak In Indonesia

It was around 3pm in the afternoon when we arrived at the Ijen National Park, East Java, Indonesia. We were passing through a coffee plantation when Wahid, the driver of our tour suddenly broke the silence.

"A cup of this coffee can make you wide awake at night," he said,

"But that's not because of its' caffeine, but it's because of its hefty price!"

Why Do Humans Have Uvula?

I believe many of us have experienced looking at ourselves in the mirror, with our mouth wide open, and wondered what's that dangling-testicle-lookalike-thing doing in there?

That dangling thing, my friend, is called the uvula.

Image: webmd.com

So what exactly is the function of uvula?

Happy Birthday to "I'm Curious Too"

Ladies and gentlemen,

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Happy 5th Birthday to I'm Curious Too.

Whoahh~~Yoohoo

Today marks the fifth anniversary of I'm Curious Too, the blog that I started five years ago. The number of posts have admittedly dwindled over the past 12 months, and I hope to push the number up in the coming months.

I started blogging because I needed a space to write down -- as a way to consolidate my memory -- interesting science news that I read online. Blogging has given me a lot of exposure, writing experience and opportunity to learn. It's really fun to look back at some of my favourite posts and laugh out loud, and--as the saying goes, practise makes perfect--blogging really does make thesis-writing easier.

Thanks to everyone who read my blog this year, and I hope to see you all again next year.

Wait, let's do that again.

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Malcolm

The Science of Interstellar Q&A

(Spoilers alert)

Firstly, a huge credit to Christopher Nolan for producing such a wonderful film.
I like the character of Mr Cooper and Professor Brand. Anne Hathaway's character—apart from her stunning look—doesn't really appeal to me; some of her lines are clearly misplaced, like the one when she starts murmuring about how love transcends gravity and shit-I-can't-even-recall-because-it's-so-cheesy-and-embarrassingly-bad-I-mean-wtf-you're-being-illogical-as-a-scientist.