Category: Physical Sciences
We’ve been hurting nature for 300,000 years. It’ll need 3 million to recover.
Humans have single-handedly caused the demise of so many species of flora and fauna since they first showed up. In…
Filipina activist wins UN’s top environmental honor
An environmental activist from Cordillera is one of the United Nations (UN) Environment Champions of the Earth Awardees for 2018.…
Why aren’t our weather reports 100% accurate?
It’s that time of the year again when people come home to their families almost every evening with dripping umbrellas,…
Deconstructing the “Devil’s Triangle”: The Truth Behind the Bermuda Triangle
For over half a century, we’ve been hearing all sorts of stories about the Bermuda Triangle, ranging from terrifying to…
Dreaming of a white Christmas: Will it ever snow in the Philippines?
(Updated on December 24, 2019) Winter is coming, but not to the Philippines. Or at least, not until climate change has…
The prize and the price: Tourism’s effects on the Philippines
A faint blip on the radar. That was the small, sleepy town of Coron in Palawan before tourism transformed it…
Can you really get superpowers from radiation?
(Updated November 20, 2018) Ever notice how a lot of superhero (and supervillain) origin stories seem to be rooted in the…
Air pollution may be dimming prospects for solar panels
If a recent study from the journal Environmental Science & Technology Letters is any indication, humanity has hit yet another snag in…
