science.Taipei – new and updated https://science.taipei/ science.Taipei: new and updated en Sat, 07 Nov 2026 09:00:00 +0100 Platforma TheScience.fm Can you do a PhD at Academia Sinica? How the TIGP programme works https://science.taipei/phd-at-academia-sinica/ https://science.taipei/phd-at-academia-sinica/#2026-11-07 Sat, 07 Nov 2026 09:00:00 +0100 Academia Sinica’s Taiwan International Graduate Program runs PhDs with partner universities, which award the diploma. Fields, admission, stipend and the Taiwan Scholarship for Polish students. Updated: Articles https://science.taipei/articles/ https://science.taipei/articles/#2026-11-07 Sat, 07 Nov 2026 09:00:00 +0100 Explanatory articles that answer one question each, with their sources. Why does Taiwan have so many earthquakes? https://science.taipei/why-does-taiwan-have-so-many-earthquakes/ https://science.taipei/why-does-taiwan-have-so-many-earthquakes/#2026-11-03 Tue, 03 Nov 2026 09:00:00 +0100 The Philippine Sea plate pushes into Eurasia’s edge at about 8 cm a year. How that collision builds Taiwan, shakes Taipei and compares with Poland. Reading a typhoon warning https://science.taipei/typhoons/ https://science.taipei/typhoons/#2026-11-03 Tue, 03 Nov 2026 09:00:00 +0100 How Taiwan’s Central Weather Administration tracks typhoons and issues sea and land warnings, and how to read its forecast probabilities. A pendulum in a skyscraper https://science.taipei/taipei-101-damper/ https://science.taipei/taipei-101-damper/#2026-11-03 Tue, 03 Nov 2026 09:00:00 +0100 How the tuned mass damper in Taipei 101 works, what the engineering firms say about it and where visitors can see it. Science Travel https://science.taipei/science-travel/ https://science.taipei/science-travel/#2026-11-03 Tue, 03 Nov 2026 09:00:00 +0100 Science to visit in Taipei: the science centre, astronomy museum, Taipei 101’s damper, university museums, botanical garden, Yangmingshan and Beitou. Institutes & Facilities https://science.taipei/institutes-facilities/ https://science.taipei/institutes-facilities/#2026-11-03 Tue, 03 Nov 2026 09:00:00 +0100 Universities and research centres in Taipei: Academia Sinica, NTU, NTNU, Taiwan Tech, Taipei Tech, NYCU, TMU, NCCU and others, research hospitals and the CWA. Typhoon or hurricane? How typhoons near Taiwan get their names https://science.taipei/how-are-typhoons-named/ https://science.taipei/how-are-typhoons-named/#2026-11-03 Tue, 03 Nov 2026 09:00:00 +0100 Typhoons and hurricanes are the same storm in different oceans. Who names typhoons near Taiwan, how the 140-name list works and why Taiwan uses numbers. Glossary https://science.taipei/glossary/ https://science.taipei/glossary/#2026-11-03 Tue, 03 Nov 2026 09:00:00 +0100 The key terms of this site and its city, each explained in a few plain sentences, with a link to the page where it is discussed. Watching the ground move https://science.taipei/earthquakes/ https://science.taipei/earthquakes/#2026-11-03 Tue, 03 Nov 2026 09:00:00 +0100 How Taiwan’s Central Weather Administration monitors earthquakes: its Seismological Center, strong-motion stations, intensity reports and the earthquake early warning system. Contact https://science.taipei/contact/ https://science.taipei/contact/#2026-11-03 Tue, 03 Nov 2026 09:00:00 +0100 Contact science.Taipei, part of the TheScience.fm Platform. Conferences & Events https://science.taipei/conferences-events/ https://science.taipei/conferences-events/#2026-11-03 Tue, 03 Nov 2026 09:00:00 +0100 Recurring science events in Taipei: Academia Sinica’s Open House in October, the Taiwan Science Festival in autumn, COMPUTEX in May or June, sky-watching and lectures. City & Region https://science.taipei/city-region/ https://science.taipei/city-region/#2026-11-03 Tue, 03 Nov 2026 09:00:00 +0100 Taipei, a city of 2.44 million in a basin under the Datun volcanoes: its history from Qing prefecture to special municipality, its science and how to get there. Taiwan’s national academy https://science.taipei/academia-sinica/ https://science.taipei/academia-sinica/#2026-11-03 Tue, 03 Nov 2026 09:00:00 +0100 Academia Sinica in Taipei: its history from 1928 in Nanjing to the Nankang campus, its divisions and its institutes for Earth sciences and astronomy. The 1999 Chi-Chi earthquake: what happened and what it changed https://science.taipei/1999-chi-chi-earthquake/ https://science.taipei/1999-chi-chi-earthquake/#2026-11-03 Tue, 03 Nov 2026 09:00:00 +0100 On 21 September 1999 a 100-km fault in central Taiwan ruptured. What the Chi-Chi earthquake did, why its data are unique and how it shaped warnings.