Buried deep within the mundanity of life are stories of triumph, innovation, and injustice–particularly starting from the small town of Iloilo, Philippines. This is the untold story of Abelardo Aguilar, a Filipino scientist, whose discovery of erythromycin, an antibiotic that has saved countless lives, was never properly credited by the pharmaceutical company he worked for.
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Amid the hustle of daily life, urban biodiversity is hardly noticed. Despite this, biodiversity remains resilient, an ever-present factor in urban life. Still, it serves more than ornamental decorations and pests - like in any ecosystem, it is responsible for supporting the sphere of life and the interactions that occur within its domain.
Our cognitive abilities allow us to think beyond and transcend the physiology of our bodies. It is a long shot, even for us. But then again, we reached the end of this article meaning we succeeded. We beat the deadline and we may procrastinate, but at least now, we know better than to bank on that rush.
You do not need to speak when you make music, you simply play and feel. The goosebumps from its intensity, the tears from its resonance, the allure from its complexity, and the automatism of musicians are exactly why music is not just an art or a practice, it is a science.
The elimination round of the 6th Annual Philippine Biology Olympiad (PBO) 2023: LUNDAG was held on February 4, in various satellite testing centers across the country. The annual competition aims to select four junior high school student representatives of the country for the International Biology Olympiad (IBO).
In movies, you’d see children follow butterflies and try to catch them in a jar while other people would buy butterfly growing kits to watch them throughout their growth stages. Meanwhile, moth-growing kits don’t even exist. With this, we ask the question, “Why are certain animals treated better than others?”
Continuing Ateneo BOx tradition, the Department of Membership Affairs (DOMA) held this year’s version of Tambay Week: BOx Barkada Welcome Week (BBWW) from January 24 to 27, at the Science Education Complex C (SEC-C).
In fact, science-related programs and career tracks have been motivated by employment while research, development, and communication have been less integrated. As in baseball, no matter how great the pitcher is, the catcher must be good as well. Otherwise, the game is not good.
The issue of car dependency is not confined to an individual scale: a person choosing to use their car is not a problem in itself, but rather when millions of people choose to do so. As a result, unforeseen consequences came and became prevalent, with some more obvious than others.
When you blur the line between politics and science in a way that antagonizes science, you risk people becoming so skeptical of science that they intentionally fall deaf to facts. At that point, it is a matter of ignorance. Ignorance is dangerous, especially when the facts are staring at your face.
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