Author: Mikael Angelo Francisco
The mystery of Cr-17: A 430,000-year-old homicide?
Javier Trueba/Madrid Scientific Films No one could have expected that a skull fragment from a Spanish cave would unearth a…
Jaquet-Droz’s automata: Eerily lifelike 18th century ‘robots’ (that still work today)
Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 2.0 FR) At the Musée d’Art et d’Histoire de Neuchâtel in Switzerland are three automated…
How the sonic hedgehog (SHH) gene got its name
SEGA/mdlinx.com Encoded in a gene in your body is a protein that makes sure that your organs grow in the…
Phyllium bonifacioi: the leaf insect named after the Supremo
UPLB Museum of Natural History First discovered in 2011 during an expedition in Northern Luzon, Phyllium bonifacioi is the tenth…
How an underwater grenade will (almost certainly) kill you
YouTube Imagine you were 15 feet away from a grenade that’s about to explode. Now, picture the same uncomfortable scenario,…
How herring ‘farts’ almost caused Russia and Sweden to come to blows
National Geographic Creative/Alamy Stock Photo In the early 1980s, the Swedish navy was extremely wary of Soviet activity around the…
The corpse lily: the massive flower that smells like rotting meat
Hemera/Thinkstock With a flower that reaches up to 3.3 ft (1 m) in diameter and weighs up to 24 lbs…
Does honey ever go bad? The secrets of its ‘eternal’ shelf life
YouTube You’ve probably heard about how honey has an eternal shelf life and never expires. Thanks to its chemical composition,…
Here’s a list of donation drives for victims of #UlyssesPH in Cagayan
Help victims of Typhoon Vamco (#UlyssesPH) via these donation drives. Follow #RescuePH, #CagayanNeedsHelp, #TuguegaraoNeedsHelp, and #IsabelaNeedsHelp for updates. Itad-dak tam…
Sierra Madre, the Philippines’ longest mountain range
Forest Foundation Philippines The Sierra Madre mountain range is also called the “backbone of Luzon,” and with good reason. It…
