Author: Mikael Angelo Francisco
Up to how many times can you fold a single piece of paper?
YouTube Ever heard the claim that it’s not possible to fold a piece of paper more than 7 times? If…
Do pilots actually avoid the Bermuda Triangle?
Shutterstock Much has been written about the Bermuda Triangle, a small region in the western part of the North Atlantic…
Polycephaly: Why some animals are born with two heads
Sea Turtle Patrol Hilton Head Island (South Carolina) The discovery of two-headed animals in nature often makes local news headlines. There’s…
Meet the tuatara, a lizard-like ‘living fossil’
Wikimedia Commons Meet the tuatara (Sphenodon punctatus), a unique creature that looks somewhat like a cross between an iguana and…
How carrots went from being purple to orange
carrotmuseum.co.uk These days, when we think of carrots, orange is the first color that comes to mind. Interestingly enough, this…
Are we really made of cosmic dust?
NASA/ESA/HHT Our bodies are made up of atoms from stars formed billions of years ago. So yes – we are, indeed,…
Good girl, ‘Muttnik’: Laika, the first living animal to orbit Earth
NASA On November 3, 1957, the Soviet Union launched the Sputnik 2 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The…
Hen. Luna was a war hero – and a scientist ahead of his time
•Born on October 29, 1866 in Binondo, Manila, Antonio Luna grew up to be a gifted scientist, particularly in chemistry. •Throughout…
Diwata-2: The Pinoy-made, Sun-synchronous microsatellite
STAMINA4Space On October 29, 2018, Diwata-2, the second Pinoy-made microsatellite, made its way to outer space on October 29, 2018. Its launch…
Why looking at the stars is like looking at the distant past
Yuting Gao/Pexels Did you know that when you look at the night sky, you’re actually (sort of) looking at the…
