Newly reopened 24-hour Bras Basah food court sees brisk business following $350k revamp, Lifestyle News
Lifestyle

Newly reopened 24-hour Bras Basah food court sees brisk business following $350k revamp, Lifestyle News

Lifestyle Following a $350,000 revamp, Shifu Food Court located in Bras Basah Complex at 231 Bain Street has reopened with a bang.The 24-hour air-conditioned food court has seen brisk business in the past week, reported Shin Min Daily News, with at least two stalls seeing many return customers.The food court, which has been around since 2001, officially re-opened on Wednesday (Oct 9).There are a total of 14 stalls selling a variety of food such as economic rice, porridge, noodles, as well as Japanese and Thai food.They include Ah Gong KKM (ke kou mian), set up by 22-year-old NUS student Fang Yu, as well as Chun Feng Man Mian, famed for its truffle wonton mee that's also available at its Amoy Street Food Centre branch.Said Fang Yu of the inspiration behind her stall: "Growing up my parents were busy...
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NASA’s newly unfurled solar sail has started ‘tumbling’ end-over-end in orbit, surprising observations show
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NASA’s newly unfurled solar sail has started ‘tumbling’ end-over-end in orbit, surprising observations show

NASA Space Technology An artist's interpretation of NASA's fully-deployed Advanced Composite Solar Sail System (ACS3) in orbit around Earth.(Image credit: NASA)A NASA spacecraft that recently unfurled a state-of-the-art solar sail in Earth orbit is "tumbling or wobbling" through space as it circles our planet, new observations show. NASA representatives told Live Science that the unusual motion was expected but did not explain exactly what is happening.The Advanced Composite Solar Sail System (ACS3) mission aims to test the efficacy of a new type of solar sail — a device potentially capable of propelling spaceships to faster-than-currently-available speeds using radiation pressure exerted by sunlight. Researchers hope that this type of technology could one day help propel humans to the edge of the solar system and beyond.The ACS3 spacecraft consists of a roughly 860-square-foot (80 square meters) foil...
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Newly elected UK PM Keir Starmer says Britain must rediscover its identity
Politics

Newly elected UK PM Keir Starmer says Britain must rediscover its identity

Politics tamfitronics Newly elected UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Friday said Britain needed to rediscover its identity and undergo a wider reset, in his first words outside his new office at 10 Downing Street, promising to fight to restore trust in politics and serve all voters.Greeted in Downing Street by a large crowd of cheering aides and supporters after formally accepting King Charles’s invitation to become prime minister, Starmer’s first address made the case for moderate politics to repair voters’ broken trust.“It is surely clear to everyone that our country needs a bigger reset, a rediscovery of who we are, because no matter how fierce the storms of history, one of the greatest strengths of this nation has always been our ability to navigate a way to calmer waters,” he said.“This depends upon politicians,...
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