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Needling your way to health through acupuncture

If you are not too keen about taking pain medication to relieve yourself of the constant pain you are feeling in your knees and other parts of your body, you may want to consider other options. One option is acupuncture.      According to Dr....

A home away from home for seniors

FILIPINO CULTURE AND PRACTICES DICTATE that when our parents get old, it is our duty as their children to look after them. Hence, it has been a long-held notion that Filipinos will not be open to the idea of leaving their parents in...

8 new Filipino scholars will build PHL’s Maya-5, Maya-6 nanosats

The Philippine Space Program is surging forward and its leaders are being true to their word of having the country’s satellites made by Filipinos. The second batch of eight Filipino scholars who will construct the Philippines’ Maya-5 and Maya-6 cube nanosatellites (nanosats or...

More men than women prefer WFH under new normal

More men than women prefer to work more days on a Work-from-Home (WFH) scheme under the new normal, a study said. Some 58% of men respondents said they would prefer to be on WFH after the pandemic, while only 36% of women would engage...

Delay onset of heart disease with sugar control

If you have been diagnosed with diabetes, take heed. You will eventually develop cardiovascular disease. You can, however, delay the onset of the disease so long as you take charge of your health and religiously follow your doctors’ instructions. Dr. Theresa Marie Valdez-Faller, president...

‘Cell phone use does not cause cancer’

Stories crop up on social media from time to time claiming that cell phone radiation causes cancer. As always, experts have been saying that “no biological effects that can lead to cancer has ever been found out” with the use of the cell phone. Recently,...

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Recent UP Study Finds Social Media a Valuable Tool for Understanding Philippine Tarsiers

The world of social media has become an increasingly important source of data for biodiversity and conservation, especially for rare or little-known species such...

Science camp in Davao highlights why “water is life”

The Climate Science Youth Camp (CSYC), one of the science promotion projects of the Department of Science and Technology-Science Education Institute (DOST-SEI), tackles a...

New multiplayer mode for Star Wars Jedi Challenges

For the first time in Star Wars: Jedi Challenges, Star Wars fans can engage in lightsaber battles against each other using the local multiplayer...

A season of accolades for the country’s science community

with reports from Ronaldo Magsakay The year 2018 will be another year of accolades for the country’s science community. With only two months to go before the...