Looking back at the Morocco meet
Reading Time: 4 minutesROBYN WILSON was a delegate representing Monash University Malaysia at the COP22 (Conference of Parties – UN Climate Change Conference) hosted at Marrakech, Morocco recently. In this piece she reflects on the sights, sounds and the social arithematic that made it happen. I WAS one of eight delegates selected to represent Monash University Malaysia at […]
Who invented carbon dating?
Reading Time: < 1 minuteBEFORE 1940s, scientists had no accurate way of determining the age of fossils or other ancient objects. They had to rely on relative dating techniques, which were far from accurate. In 1947, Willard Frank Libby first proposed his radiocarbon dating theories. Soon after, he presented evidence of its efficiency in various field experiments. Libby figured […]
Where is the world’s largest active volcano?
Reading Time: < 1 minuteTHE ever famous tourist vacation spot, Hawaii, is home to the world’s largest volcano, Mauna Loa. To date, the lava produced by this enormous volcano piled up to a height of 13 680 ft above sea level. From its base (below sea level) to summit, Mauna Loa measures to about 56 000 ft (approximately 17 […]