Author: Mikael Angelo Francisco
5 everyday things that used to be science fiction
Over the decades, innovations in science and technology have advanced society in impressive ways. In some cases, we’ve even turned…
Symbols of science: 150 years of the Periodic Table of Elements
• The United Nations (UN) officially declared 2019 as the International Year of the Periodic Table of Chemical Elements (IYPT2019).…
The 10 most popular FlipScience stories of 2018
2018 was certainly a big year for science. (If you read our article yesterday on the year’s biggest science stories,…
2018 in review: The biggest science stories of the year
As 2018 comes to a close, let’s look at some of the year’s biggest science stories, both on our planet…
‘Living coral’ is Pantone’s Color of the Year for 2019. Here’s why it matters
• Pantone, a US-based corporation best known for its color matching system, recently proclaimed “living coral” as 2019’s Color of…
This seaweed-eating microorganism may help solve our plastic problem
• Researchers from Tel Aviv University have discovered a sustainable alternative to plastic: a non-toxic bioplastic polymer. • Polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) comes…
How whale shark tourism hurts Tanawan’s coral reefs
• Researchers from Hong Kong, Guam, and the Philippines examined the impact of whale shark tourism in Tanawan, Oslob on the…
Did French researchers unlock the next step in HIV treatment?
• Researchers at the Institut Pasteur found that metabolic activity, particularly glucose consumption, makes CD4 cells more prone to HIV…
According to experts, this is the scientific breakthrough of 2018
• According to the journal Science, new technologies for tracking cell-by-cell DNA development are the “Breakthrough of the Year” for 2018.…
198 million years ago, this dinosaur from Italy became an undersea buffet
• Discovered by an amateur paleontologist in 1996, Saltriovenator zanellai is the first Jurassic-era dinosaur from Italy. • The circumstances of…
