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Time to Turn a New Leaf?

Folks, it’s finally here in Sri Lanka. I’ve seen two in Gampaha. How they got to Gampaha is beyond me, but maybe this is just my Colombian mindset undermining the cool forward thinking abilities of our good brothers and sisters in the lovely five ... Read more

ලොව ප්‍රථම අචලතාපී මත්ස්‍යයා හඳුනා ගැනේ

by Pubudu NawarathnaMay 17, 2015Pubudu / Science and Technology / Science WeeklyLeave a Comment

අචලතාපී සතුන් යනු පරිසරයේ උෂ්ණත්වයට සාපේක්ෂව සිරුරේ උෂ්ණත්වය නියතව තබා ගත හැකි සතුන් කොටසක් වේ. ... Read more

The Sad Truth behind Vehicle Emissions

by Amayaa WijesingheApril 26, 2015Amayaa / Science and Technology / Science WeeklyLeave a Comment

With the crazy heat wave that we are experiencing in Colombo right now, many people actually like roaming about in their vehicles, especially if the air conditioner is in working condition. Even if some of us don’t have that luxury all the time, the ... Read more

Extra cute with Extra chromosome

by Prabhavie OpallageApril 11, 2015April 12, 2015Prabhavie / Science and Technology / Science WeeklyLeave a Comment

since I'm a buddhist everything i saw around made me remind of teaching of Lord buddha, that we are a reflection of our merits and since done by our selves. Helpless and cute kids were all around and i could feel my heart melting inside and all sensitive ... Read more

Mind Controlling Parasites

by Fadil IqbalFebruary 3, 2015March 31, 2015Fadil / Science and Technology / Science WeeklyLeave a Comment

A parasite is a type of species that maintains a one sided relationship with its partner or host. Why I call it a one sided relationship is because the parasite benefits from the host, takes out all of its resources and gives nothing in return. I know ... Read more

Super-Resolution fluorescence microscopy

by Hasith PereraNovember 21, 2014March 31, 2015hasith / Science and Technology / Science Weekly / StaffLeave a Comment

The optical microscope was a great discovery which enabled us to get a better view of the cellular scale. However, the resolution is fundamentally limited as a result of diffraction also known as the Abbe’s limit. The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2014 was ... Read more