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Exploring Singapore's Environment and Wildlife Relationships at Rifle Range Nature Park
23 October 2025

Exploring Singapore's Environment and Wildlife Relationships at Rifle Range Nature Park

Rifle Range Nature Park in Singapore highlights the city's dedication to biodiversity and conservati...

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The Great Pretender
October 05, 2025

The Great Pretender

[P6 Science and above - Adaptations]: Caterpillars exhibit fascinating adaptations for survival, one...

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The Amazing Journey of Metamorphosis: From Caterpillar to Butterfly
October 05, 2025

The Amazing Journey of Metamorphosis: From Caterpillar to Butterfly

Updated: 23 minutes agoUnderstanding the Butterfly Life CycleThe butterfly life cycle has four main ...

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Sir David Attenborough Gives a Lesson on Seeds | The Green Planet | BBC Earth
August 07, 2025

Sir David Attenborough Gives a Lesson on Seeds | The Green Planet | BBC Earth

Updated: Aug 7[P5 Science and beyond - How Plants Reproduce]How do plants reproduce? What kind of se...

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P6 Math Heuristics #4 - Fractions (Answer)
July 21, 2025

P6 Math Heuristics #4 - Fractions (Answer)

Man-su, Tae-min and Woo-jin had 210kg of kimchi altogether. Man-su gave 1/10 of his kimchi to Tae-mi...

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P6 Math Heuristic #3 - Percentage
June 30, 2025

P6 Math Heuristic #3 - Percentage

Updated: Jun 30Alexander and Marie had $4224 altogether. Alexander gave 30% of his money to Marie. M...

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P6 Math Heuristic #3 - Percentage (Answer)
June 30, 2025

P6 Math Heuristic #3 - Percentage (Answer)

Updated: Jun 30Alexander and Marie had $4224 altogether. Alexander gave 30% of his money to Marie. M...

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P6 Math Heuristics #4 - Fractions
June 30, 2025

P6 Math Heuristics #4 - Fractions

Man-su, Tae-min and Woo-jin had 210kg of kimchi altogether. Man-su gave 1/10 of his kimchi to Tae-mi...

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Ocean with David Attenborough
May 09, 2025

Ocean with David Attenborough

[P6 Science and beyond - Man's Impact on the Environment] - Acclaimed veteran filmmaker / broadcaste...

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P6 Math Heuristic #2 - Unit & Parts
March 21, 2025

P6 Math Heuristic #2 - Unit & Parts

Updated: Mar 21The ratio of the number of tables and chairs in a tuition centre was 3 : 7. After ano...

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P6 Math Heuristic #2 - Units & Parts (Answer)
March 21, 2025

P6 Math Heuristic #2 - Units & Parts (Answer)

The ratio of the number of tables and chairs in a tuition centre was 3 : 7. After another 20 tables ...

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​​​​​Come and learn the "Secrets" for achieving success using mind-focused methodologies backed by Scientific research!  ​​
March 06, 2025

​​​​​Come and learn the "Secrets" for achieving success using mind-focused methodologies backed by Scientific research!  ​​

Updated: Mar 6Mind Centre has experienced the joy of helping 5 past students enter Medical faculty a...

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P6 Math Heuristic - Work Backwards (Answer)
March 03, 2025

P6 Math Heuristic - Work Backwards (Answer)

Updated: Mar 3Cass and Slide played a game of marbles. After the first game, Cass lost 3/5 of his ma...

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P6 Math Heuristic - Work Backwards
March 03, 2025

P6 Math Heuristic - Work Backwards

Updated: Mar 3Cass and Slide played a game of marbles. After the first game, Cass lost 3/5 of his ma...

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[P5 Science - Plants Reproduction: An Introduction to Seed Dispersal]
February 02, 2025

[P5 Science - Plants Reproduction: An Introduction to Seed Dispersal]

Updated: Feb 2Here is a quick video on one of the important aspects on Plants Reproduction:Video con...

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Feline Manoeuvres #1
February 02, 2025

Feline Manoeuvres #1

Updated: Feb 2[P6 Science - Adaptations] We take a quick look at specially adapted body parts for a ...

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High-Level Adaptations
February 02, 2025

High-Level Adaptations

Updated: Feb 2Still on big cats, this time round our protagonist is the Snow Leopard which resides h...

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To Infinity (Temperature)... And Beyond.
January 22, 2025

To Infinity (Temperature)... And Beyond.

Temperature can be measured in a couple of of ways.For example, degrees Celsius (British standard) i...

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Mind Centre Nov/Dec Special Holiday Program
January 22, 2025

Mind Centre Nov/Dec Special Holiday Program

Updated: Jan 22Our mind-focused methodologies have enabled many students to attain AL1,2,3 and multi...

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Fire Island solution
July 23, 2024

Fire Island solution

[P5 Maths and up: Rate]Kept you waiting, huh?Still remember this puzzle?I hope you've had a wonderfu...

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Fire Island
July 09, 2024

Fire Island

[P5 Maths and Up: Rate]Have I got a puzzle for you this fortnight.One of the most famous riddles of ...

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A small glimpse of our services
June 25, 2024

A small glimpse of our services

Hey. For this post, we have something quite special for you.Today, we are fortunate enough to take a...

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How Humans 'Molt'
June 11, 2024

How Humans 'Molt'

[P3 Science and up: Life Cycles + P6 Science and up: Adaptation]Some animals in the insect family ar...

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May 28, 2024

The Intuition of Calculus

[S3 Additional Maths and up: Calculus]Many students have sounded off to our tutors that calculus is ...

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Pumping with both air and water
May 14, 2024

Pumping with both air and water

[S2 Science and up: Water and Air Pressure]There are a great many ways for water to transport from o...

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Memento mori
May 10, 2024

Memento mori

[S1 English and Up]We all die someday. But you might have wondered what exactly it looks like in Sin...

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The Rudiments of A Level Economics
May 10, 2024

The Rudiments of A Level Economics

Updated: Oct 15, 2020We have an announcement here - our Economics tutor David Quek has published a n...

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Zeno's Dichotomy Paradox
May 10, 2024

Zeno's Dichotomy Paradox

[ P6 Maths and up: Number Patterns ]Kept you waiting, huh?Here's a mind-boggling puzzle for you to t...

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A Flame Tornado!
May 10, 2024

A Flame Tornado!

Updated: Jun 24, 2023(A-Level Physics: Conservation of Angular Momentum) Have you ever tried making ...

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Tower of Hanoi
May 10, 2024

Tower of Hanoi

[Sec Maths and above: Number Patterns / Functions]You've heard of the Tower of Hanoi puzzle, probabl...

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May 10, 2024

100 Prisoners Puzzle

Updated: Oct 15, 2020Here's an interesting puzzle:A cabinet with ten drawers, each numbered 1 to 10,...

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May 10, 2024

Gaps and Differences

Updated: Oct 15, 2020[P6 Whole Numbers]: William and Harry have some stamps in their albums. If Will...

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Mirror Writing
May 10, 2024

Mirror Writing

[P4 Maths and up - Symmetry]ƎƆITƆAЯᕋ OT YAW TƧƎꓭ ƎHT TAHT ИЯAƎ⅃ OT ꓷƎƧIЯᕋЯUƧ Ǝꓭ ꓷ⅃UOW UOYƎƧЯƎVƎЯ ИI ...

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Finding the ratio
May 10, 2024

Finding the ratio

[P6 Maths and Up: Ratio]Here's a question to tickle your brain cells: Can you solve the question bel...

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Elasticity and Nitinol
May 10, 2024

Elasticity and Nitinol

[S2 Science and up: Elasticity]Do you have a pop-up fan, or a pop-up chair at home? Have you wondere...

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We're Hunting Vampires
May 10, 2024

We're Hunting Vampires

[P4 Maths and up: Angles]Today we're hunting vampires. With sunlight. Self-explanatory. But how, you...

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Baldness is A Solution
May 10, 2024

Baldness is A Solution

[S2 Maths and Up: Probability]How likely is it for two people to have the same number of hairs on th...

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Where did the formula for a sphere's volume come from?
May 10, 2024

Where did the formula for a sphere's volume come from?

Updated: Oct 15, 2020[Sec 2 & onwards Mathematics - Volume of Spheres]You might come across some...

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May 10, 2024

Dialogue for 2

2 is such a special number. The first prime number, the only even number that is also a prime, the a...

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Dec 22nd Christmas Special - It's 80% accurate!
May 10, 2024

Dec 22nd Christmas Special - It's 80% accurate!

[S2 Maths and above - Probability]A wonderful Christmas to you! And have I a wonderful video to shar...

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Experiment to find the Speed of Light
May 10, 2024

Experiment to find the Speed of Light

Updated: Oct 15, 2020In Primary school, you may have done experiments to discover the speed of sound...

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Wait, the calculator does what?
May 10, 2024

Wait, the calculator does what?

[S1 Maths - Circles and Pi]We have an interesting scenario where the calculator gave a very bizarre ...

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May 10, 2024

Get A1 for Science!

We have received excellent news from parents of our students sharing their joy! One of our Sec 2 Sci...

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Dream's Speedrunning
May 10, 2024

Dream's Speedrunning

[S2 Maths and above - Probability]We have an interesting situation, where a person you might know or...

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May 10, 2024

Secondary 1 Head start Holiday Program

Holiday Program: Strategic Head start Preparation for Secondary 1(Special $25 discount given for exi...

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Non-Buoyant Water
May 10, 2024

Non-Buoyant Water

[S1 Science: Convection]If you're wondering what it's like for your poop to be managed in Singapore,...

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May 10, 2024

We're Online!

Mind Centre Online Tuition In light of the Covid-19 restriction on Centre-based tuition, we have inv...

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May 10, 2024

3D-printed 2016 Olympic gold medals with Joseph Schooling name on them

We are all so elated that Joseph Schooling won the 2016 Olympic gold medal in 100m Butterfly swimmin...

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Floating... Stickman?
May 10, 2024

Floating... Stickman?

Updated: Oct 15, 2020[S1 Science / S3 Physics: Density and Buoyant Force]Hey, happy holidays!You mig...

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Hydrochromia and light
May 10, 2024

Hydrochromia and light

[S3 Physics - Light] Ever walked in the rain, only to find that the thin, wet shirt stuck to your sk...

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Polyethylene Oxide - The Razor Lubricant
May 10, 2024

Polyethylene Oxide - The Razor Lubricant

Updated: Oct 15, 2020[S4 / A-Level Chem] Spilling water is often a troublesome matter, but at least ...

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Invisible Fires
May 10, 2024

Invisible Fires

Updated: Oct 15, 2020[P4 Science - J1 Chemistry: Heat & reaction between oxygen & ethanol] Y...

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May 10, 2024

Here's one for you...

Updated: Apr 6, 2023[Sec 1 Maths - Prime Numbers]: Prime numbers are numbers that have only 2 factor...

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May 10, 2024

GP Tutor Profile - Mr Lim Min Hein

Talk about engaging General Paper (GP) lessons designed to refine your argumentative style of writin...

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Iridescent Universal Indicator
May 10, 2024

Iridescent Universal Indicator

Have you ever wondered about how you can recreate a rainbow inside a big glass tube, but you don't k...

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May 10, 2024

Economics essay-writing - not your cup of tea?

Calling all JC students! Intrigued about how macroeconomic policies are applied in Singapore to boos...

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May 10, 2024

Day before PSLE Exam Tips

Dear ParentsDay before PSLE Exam Tips and Secondary 1 Head start Holiday ProgramI believe that your ...

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Circle Rotation Paradox
May 10, 2024

Circle Rotation Paradox

Updated: Oct 15, 2020[P6 Maths and beyond: Circles]The following question is a tricky question from ...

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Finding the Ratio Solution
May 10, 2024

Finding the Ratio Solution

[P6 Maths and up: Ratio]Kept you waiting, huh?This is the solution for the question in the previous ...

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Cats in Boxes (Not Schrödinger)
May 10, 2024

Cats in Boxes (Not Schrödinger)

[P4 Maths and Up: Logic Puzzle]Kept you waiting, huh?Here's an interesting puzzle you may, or may no...

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Inverted Whirlpools and Drag
May 10, 2024

Inverted Whirlpools and Drag

[S1 Science and up - Forces]Ever seen something like this before?Video content availableMaybe you ha...

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May 10, 2024

Space Tourism

Would you like to be an astronaut? Well, it may not be an idea too far-fetched in the near future, d...

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Calculating Taxes
May 10, 2024

Calculating Taxes

[S3 Maths / Principle of Accounts: Taxes]The title is fairly self-explanatory, presenter Matt Parker...

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May 10, 2024

Thermal expansion

This for you thermophiles out there. Why are there gaps in the railway tracks? It's to keep it safe ...

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Toilet plungers and pranks
May 10, 2024

Toilet plungers and pranks

[S1 Science - Matter] You've probably used the toilet at home a lot of times. And, for the more curi...

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Solution to P5 Maths (Rate) Question
May 10, 2024

Solution to P5 Maths (Rate) Question

An adult can drink a bottle of juice in 27 days. In one day, a man can drink 1/27 of a bottle.An chi...

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Worms, Magnets and Environmental Change
May 10, 2024

Worms, Magnets and Environmental Change

Updated: Apr 6, 2023[P4 Science and up: Magnetism]It frankly never occurred to me, and like many oth...

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May 10, 2024

Our website overhauled !

For convenience, I have been hosting my website on my Office 365 Small Business Premium subscription...

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May 10, 2024

Wind and Mr. Ug -

Updated: Oct 15, 2020This is a lovely story about a triangle named Wind who lives on a unique world ...

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Conflicts within Species
May 10, 2024

Conflicts within Species

[S3 Maths and Up: Probability]You may have noticed that many airports are very strict about the thin...

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Short shortest path problem
May 10, 2024

Short shortest path problem

Updated: Apr 6, 2023[S3 Maths and Up: Trigonometry]Not exactly the shortest short path problem, but ...

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May 10, 2024

Your Brain Plays Tricks on You

[P4 Science and up: Light & S3 Biology: Eye receptors]I like illusions, especially those that re...

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Traffic Snakes
May 10, 2024

Traffic Snakes

Traffic jams and congestions often occur in the most unlikely scenarios.Video content availableAnd i...

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Ink and Surface Tension
May 10, 2024

Ink and Surface Tension

[S3 Physics and Up: Surface Tension]I really don't have to explain much of this. Video speaks for it...

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Parallel Lines and Similar Figures
May 10, 2024

Parallel Lines and Similar Figures

Updated: Oct 15, 2020You might wonder at some point what parallel lines were used for. To cut wooden...

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Patterns
May 10, 2024

Patterns

[S1 Maths and up: Number Patterns]Think you're good at patterns? Try this one for size.Answer to be ...

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Better Ways to Board Planes
May 10, 2024

Better Ways to Board Planes

Have you ever wondered why it seems to take so long, just to board a plane? People stumbling about, ...

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Visual Proofs - The highest realms of mathematics
May 10, 2024

Visual Proofs - The highest realms of mathematics

[Maths of all levels in general, preferably Secondary - Visual Geometry]You probably are tired of ca...

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The importance of proofs
May 10, 2024

The importance of proofs

Updated: Apr 6, 2023[S2 Maths: Pythagoras' Theorem]Hey, it's been a while. So, you have probably hea...

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Viruses made easy
May 10, 2024

Viruses made easy

Updated: Oct 15, 2020[P4 - S4 Science & Biology: Micro-organisms & Molecular Genetics]With C...

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Foci
May 10, 2024

Foci

Updated: Apr 6, 2023[S1 Science & Maths: Reflection (and property of ellipses)]You may have foun...

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How tall can a tree grow?
May 10, 2024

How tall can a tree grow?

Title is pretty self-explanatory.Video content availableThose who have watched the Veritasium video ...

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Lighting a match with water
May 10, 2024

Lighting a match with water

Updated: Oct 15, 2020[P4 Science Topic: Heat] We often use water inside of Grade A fire extinguisher...

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May 10, 2024

Student Testimonial

Our heartiest congratulations to student Marc Lim who received O Level A1s for both his Physics and ...

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Re: "I don't understand the Quadratic / Cubic Formula."
May 10, 2024

Re: "I don't understand the Quadratic / Cubic Formula."

Updated: Oct 15, 2020[S2 - A Level Mathematics: Functions & Graphs] (Long Video. If you feel lik...

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May 10, 2024

High-Level Adaptations

Updated: Oct 15, 2020[P6 Adaptations]: Adaptations are adjustments in body structure or behavior whi...

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May 10, 2024

Wonder Mollusk

Updated: Oct 15, 2020[P5/6 Science: Photosynthesis/Cells]: Photosynthesis is a process through which...

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Optical Illusions from Polarisers
May 10, 2024

Optical Illusions from Polarisers

Updated: Oct 15, 2020[P4 to S4 Science - Light & EM waves] As an aficionado for science since yo...

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May 10, 2024

P5 Maths (Rate) Question:

An adult can finish a bottle of juice in 27 days, whereas a child can finish it in 54 days.If they b...

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May 10, 2024

MC3

Parents, want to know more about Mind Centre's MC3 studying methodology that harnesses the power of ...

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"Peeled Oranges sink, but whole oranges float"
May 10, 2024

"Peeled Oranges sink, but whole oranges float"

[S1 Science - Density]The following claim was made the other day, where peeled oranges sink but whol...

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Philippines and pagpag peddlers
May 10, 2024

Philippines and pagpag peddlers

[Pri4 and up: English / Social Studies] There's a trending demand for non-Science and non-Maths cont...

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Simple Population Measurement Models
May 10, 2024

Simple Population Measurement Models

[S2 and up - Geography / S3 and up - Additional Maths] In terms of how populations are measured, it'...

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The Banana Puzzle
May 10, 2024

The Banana Puzzle

[All-ages Maths]Heard of the Banana Puzzle?Video content availableHow did you do? Did you manage to ...

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Cats in Boxes (Not Schrödinger) solution
May 10, 2024

Cats in Boxes (Not Schrödinger) solution

[P4 Maths and Up: Logic Puzzle]Let's cover the solution right away, shall we?Video content available...

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May 10, 2024

Animal Adaptations

Have you ever wondered what makes the polar bears and penguins suited for living in the frigid condi...

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May 10, 2024

A Question of Age

Updated: Oct 15, 2020[P6 Fractions/Constant Difference]: Zachary's present age is 1/5 of his uncle's...

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Seamless Cuts
May 10, 2024

Seamless Cuts

[P4 Science: Electricity]Seamless cuts are difficult to achieve, because during the craft session ca...

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Rainbow Flames
May 10, 2024

Rainbow Flames

[ P5 Science and Up: Light ]You're probably used to two types of flames around the household, or the...

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May 10, 2024

Chemically Disengaged?

Dear JC Chemistry student, Are you experiencing some difficulty in grasping the concepts of Chemical...

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May 10, 2024

A Walk in the Woods

Hurray! School Holidays are here! How are you spending your school holidays?How about spending some ...

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How do Pulleys work?
May 10, 2024

How do Pulleys work?

[S2 Science & beyond: Forces] Pulleys often offer a mechanical advantage. But what does that act...

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May 10, 2024

MC3 with Secondary Science

Attention all Secondary Science students,Whether it is a needed boost for your upcoming finals, or t...

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Cogs in Odd Numbers
May 10, 2024

Cogs in Odd Numbers

Updated: Oct 15, 2020[P4 Maths Angles - S4 Maths Geometry & Trigonometry] An odd number of cogs ...

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Perseverance is a Virtue
May 10, 2024

Perseverance is a Virtue

[P4 English and Up]Keeping a job isn't always easy.Video content availableBut some people make the j...

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May 10, 2024

Feeling a bit peckish?

[P5/6 Maths: Part-Whole Relationships]Here's a quick teaser:Steve spent 5/8 of his allowance on 15 m...

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May 10, 2024

Fast Primary Workshop (Saturdays 18 & 25 August 2018, 3.30 - 5.30pm)

It's never too early to prepare for the future with Mind Centre's Fast & Effective techniques!De...

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The Maths behind a Car Crash
May 10, 2024

The Maths behind a Car Crash

Updated: Oct 15, 2020[S3 Physics Topic: Work Done / S2 Maths: Simultaneous equations / Anyone with f...

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May 10, 2024

Pi is Infinitely Long and that's okay

[P6 Maths and up: Pi]Ever thought about making your own music? The good thing is that there's strict...

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The Predator and the Prey solution
May 10, 2024

The Predator and the Prey solution

Updated: Oct 15, 2020[P6 - S2 Maths: Circles] Hey, hope you enjoyed the two-week suspense. Please do...

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Dolly Zoom Effect and our perception of the world
May 10, 2024

Dolly Zoom Effect and our perception of the world

[Sec 3 and up: Biology / Psychology]Want to be a psychologist? Here you go~Video content availablePe...

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Model Approach
May 10, 2024

Model Approach

Models are one of the most challenging parts of Primary School Mathematics. They are very helpful fo...

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May 10, 2024

Stomach Works

Updated: Oct 15, 2020P4 Science (Digestive Systems): The human digestive system is responsible for t...

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Magic Mirrors and Light
May 10, 2024

Magic Mirrors and Light

[P4 Science and up - Light]Kept you waiting, huh?You often see questions about light passing through...

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Maths just doesn't fit the brain very well
May 10, 2024

Maths just doesn't fit the brain very well

[Sec 2 Maths and above: Probability]The title is pretty self-explanatory.Video content availableTher...

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Land is Bouncier than You THink
May 10, 2024

Land is Bouncier than You THink

[S2 Geography]: In the 18th century, famous scientist Anders Celsius measured the sea level on the l...

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May 10, 2024

Maths Teaser

10 is added to a certain number. The sum is then divided by 5. The quotient is then multiplied by 10...

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Fig wasps are cool.
May 10, 2024

Fig wasps are cool.

[Pri Science: Adaptations]I'm not too much of a Science teacher, but I can appreciate some of the co...

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Mathematical modelling (and how to prepare for exams!)
May 10, 2024

Mathematical modelling (and how to prepare for exams!)

[PSLE Maths and up: Mathematics Modelling for Teachers]Kept you waiting, huh?You'll find this post t...

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Formal Introduction to Stoichiometry
May 10, 2024

Formal Introduction to Stoichiometry

Updated: Oct 13, 2020[S3 and above: Stiochiometry & Mole] Let's say you have a junior whom is cu...

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Light Switch Problem
May 10, 2024

Light Switch Problem

[P4 Maths and Up: Factors]Kept you waiting, huh?Video content availableThe light switch problem is e...

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May 10, 2024

Mathematically-challenging times?

Vectors – a little hard to comprehend? Complex Numbers – a bit too complex for your liking?If you ar...

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Triple Point
May 10, 2024

Triple Point

[S1 Science and up - Water & Three States of Matter]Kept you waiting, huh?You might have questio...

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Hexagons are the best shape
May 10, 2024

Hexagons are the best shape

[P4 Maths and up - Shapes]If you asked me what shape was my favourite, honestly, I would have answer...

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May 10, 2024

Bundt Cake and the Scutoid

[S3 Biology and up: Cells]For many, many years, scientists struggled with the shape and structure of...

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The 'Everything' Formula
May 10, 2024

The 'Everything' Formula

You probably have heard of graphs if you have covered any pictographs in your chldhood and/or are cu...

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The Predator and the Prey puzzle
May 10, 2024

The Predator and the Prey puzzle

Updated: Oct 15, 2020[Pri6 / Sec2 Maths: Circles] Hey, here's a brainteaser for you:A prey is floati...

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Eye twisting!?
May 10, 2024

Eye twisting!?

[S3/4 Biology - The Eye] Kept you waiting, huh? Haha.Have you ever twisted your fingers when you wer...

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Word puzzle
May 10, 2024

Word puzzle

Here's a Word Puzzle for those of you who are entomologically-inclined! Can you get it? Check back t...

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Diodes and Solar Panels
May 10, 2024

Diodes and Solar Panels

Updated: Oct 15, 2020Diodes & Solar Panels[S3/S4 Physics & Chemistry: Electricity / Covalent...

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The Main Problem with Antibiotics
May 10, 2024

The Main Problem with Antibiotics

Updated: Oct 15, 2020[O/A-Level Biology / Chemistry] For any aspiring biochemists or to-be pharmaceu...

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Secret Santa Situations
May 10, 2024

Secret Santa Situations

[Sec 3 Maths and Beyond: Combinatorics & Derangements]Merry Christmas to you all! Kept you waiti...

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May 10, 2024

That One Terrible Problem Gone Viral

[P6 and up: Number Patterns]Kept you waiting, huh?It's a headache when people do not use mathematica...

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May 10, 2024

Statistics and the Human Limitation

[Sec2 Maths onwards - Probability]Kept you waiting, huh? You might have heard a lot of hub-bub about...

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Fluidised Sand
May 10, 2024

Fluidised Sand

Updated: Oct 15, 2020[S3 Physics: Density] A solid has a definite shape and volume, as is the case w...

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Mirrors are used in magic shows
May 10, 2024

Mirrors are used in magic shows

Updated: Apr 6, 2023[S1 Science: Magnetism]How do you think the ballerina spins?Video content availa...

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May 10, 2024

3D Printing Workshop

3-Dimensional Printing WorkshopGet involved with the intriguing sphere of 3-dimension printing and f...

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Braess's Paradox
May 10, 2024

Braess's Paradox

[S2 Maths/Science and up: Resistance]When we see a short road, we expect to reach our destination fa...

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Overlapping Rectangles
May 10, 2024

Overlapping Rectangles

[Sec 2 Maths: Pythagoras' Theorem]The following question features an important problem-solving heuri...

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Something Cool about Your Family
May 10, 2024

Something Cool about Your Family

Updated: Jun 27, 2021[All levels - English]Hey, I'm back. Today's a bit of an unusual turn - Instead...

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The Quota Rule, Alabama Paradox and the complexity of voting systems
May 10, 2024

The Quota Rule, Alabama Paradox and the complexity of voting systems

[Sec 4 Maths and beyond: ]As it turns out, the voting systems post received a lot more traffic than ...

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Powers of Two
May 10, 2024

Powers of Two

[P5 Maths and Up: Sums and Differences]Kept you waiting, huh?Video content availableThe openness of ...

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Tiling the Planes
May 10, 2024

Tiling the Planes

[P6 Maths and up: Tessellations]You might remember that one topic where you're supposed to draw 8 co...

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Visual representation of cell membranes
May 10, 2024

Visual representation of cell membranes

Updated: Oct 15, 2020[O/A Level Biology / Chemistry] A bubble with a hole in it may seem rather odd,...

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May 10, 2024

SA2 just around the corner?

Calling all parents! Need some extra boost to prepare for the upcoming assessment? Our tutors are he...

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Spinning Tables and Energy Systems
May 10, 2024

Spinning Tables and Energy Systems

[ P5 Science and Up: Energy ]Ever wondered what would happen if you put a free-rolling object, like ...

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Volume of a Cone: Two methods, one answer
May 10, 2024

Volume of a Cone: Two methods, one answer

Updated: Oct 15, 2020[S1 - J1 Maths : Volume of a Pyramid (and for the brave, power sums & integ...

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The temperature joke which got quite "heated"
May 10, 2024

The temperature joke which got quite "heated"

[P4 Science - Heat] The presenter Steve Mould covers a joke he did for a live show called Festival o...

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Runway Numbering
May 10, 2024

Runway Numbering

[All ages]Video content availableYou don't need much of an explanation. Runway numbers are messy bec...

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Optical Illusions and Parabolic Ghosts
May 10, 2024

Optical Illusions and Parabolic Ghosts

[S2 Maths Topic: Graphs & Quadratic Equations] Optical illusions. They are a rare occurrence in ...

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May 10, 2024

Monkeybread Mathematics

[Maths Intrigue]I think it's no surprise by now, that the editor/writer of these blog posts is a big...

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May 10, 2024

The Paradox of Hedonism

[ P5 English and Up: Logic and Sentence Structure ]Here's a little test, to assess your capacity at ...

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Appreciation for Teacher Helen
May 10, 2024

Appreciation for Teacher Helen

Teacher Helen has been with Mind Centre for many years. Under her charge, students have scored As an...

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May 10, 2024

Mathed Potatoes

[P6 Maths and Up: Circles]Do you like your potatoes Mathed?Video content availableI know I do. Maxim...

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May 10, 2024

“Fast Science” Workshop

Last two months have been very hectic for our team as we embark on our Facebook Campaign to inform t...

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May 10, 2024

(2019-nCoV) - Stay Safe!

Updated: Oct 15, 2020In view of the current Wuhan coronavirus (2019-nCoV) outbreak, it is prudent to...

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The clever strategy that oak trees use
May 10, 2024

The clever strategy that oak trees use

Updated: Dec 5, 2020[P6 Science - Mutations] Acorns. That word may give you the impression of a type...

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Light and reflections
May 10, 2024

Light and reflections

Hi Science students,do you find the topic on Concave and Convex mirrors and their reflections confus...

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Three Best Tuition Centres in Serangoon
May 10, 2024

Three Best Tuition Centres in Serangoon

We are extremely pleased to share with you that we are amongst the 3 BEST Tuition Centres in Serango...

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May 10, 2024

How animals adapt...

The marvels of adaptations in the animal kingdom: Click here...

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Derangements
April 30, 2024

Derangements

[S3 Maths and Up: Combinatorics]Kept you waiting, huh?The 100 prisoners' problem is a fascinating pr...

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World's Strongest Magnet and electro-magnetic fields
April 16, 2024

World's Strongest Magnet and electro-magnetic fields

[P4 Science - J1 Physics and up: Magnets & Electric Fields]Have you ever seen a magnet so strong...

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Class
January 27, 2024

Class

[S3 and up: Social Studies]Hey, so. Here's something to tickle your mind a bit.Video content availab...

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Whistles
January 26, 2023

Whistles

[S3 Physics and up: Pressure]Kept you waiting, huh?Video content availableWhistles, and the physical...

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Puzzles, Logic and inherently bad design
January 26, 2023

Puzzles, Logic and inherently bad design

[All Ages Maths - Logic]The question above seems simplistic, but I would like to stress that the mod...

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July 28, 2022

The Scutoid

[S4 Maths & S3 Biology: Cells]This is a field I didn't think I would step into, but here I am. M...

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April 27, 2022

Unfaithful Nutrition Labels and Maths

[S2 Maths & S3 Food & Nutrition: Nutritional Labels]We're entering the kinky territory now: ...

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Trick Teapot
March 08, 2022

Trick Teapot

[S1 Science - Solids, liquids and gases]Hey, did you know that there were trick teapots that let you...

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February 23, 2022

Facades and Colours

Updated: Oct 15, 2020(P5/6 Science: Adaptations - Camouflage) In the natural habitat, animals evolve...

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Proof for the Area of a Circle
February 23, 2022

Proof for the Area of a Circle

Updated: Oct 15, 2020[P6 Maths and beyond: Circles]This is something that's exclusively useful for M...

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Brain Teaser
February 23, 2022

Brain Teaser

Here's a brain teaser for those of you who love challenging puzzles! Watch out for the answer coming...

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February 23, 2022

Body Tools

Updated: Oct 15, 2020[P6 Adaptations] Still on structural adaptations, still on feral cats. This tim...

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100 Prisoners solution
February 23, 2022

100 Prisoners solution

Updated: Oct 15, 2020[S3 A-Maths: Combinatorics] Kept you waiting, huh? Haha.This puzzle, in itself,...

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February 23, 2022

Abstract Relations

Finding the concepts of Gravitational field and B-field a bit too abstract and difficult to make sen...

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February 23, 2022

Of Plants and Life Cycles

And while we are on the subject of primary school science, here's a time-lapse video of a seed germi...

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Viruses - A Micro Perspective
February 23, 2022

Viruses - A Micro Perspective

Updated: Oct 15, 2020[Pri/Sec Science/Biology - Cells & Micro-organisms]: The COVID-19 pandemic ...

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February 23, 2022

Symmetrical Single-Digit Representations of Numbers

Consider a mathematical series, f^n (10) = 10^n + 10^(n-1) + ... ... +10^2 + 10^1 + 10^0.It looks te...

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The Difference of Two Squares
February 22, 2022

The Difference of Two Squares

[S2 Maths - Special Algebraic Functions] This week's post is a little unique. The video as shown, is...

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The Average Person
February 22, 2022

The Average Person

[P6 Maths and up - Average]You've probably heard of the term 'average' quite a fair bit by now. The ...

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Why (and How) does it float?
February 20, 2022

Why (and How) does it float?

Updated: Aug 19, 2021[S3 Physics - Pressure & Work Done]I don't have to explain too much here. I...

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How does something have -1 holes? (Simple look at Topology)
February 18, 2022

How does something have -1 holes? (Simple look at Topology)

[Maths: Simple introduction to Tpoplogy]Title is self-explanatory, we're not getting any younger, le...

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Mathematics is pretty hard
February 18, 2022

Mathematics is pretty hard

[Maths - All levels]You have heard from your friends, seniors, relatives and many other fellow stude...

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