Here’s a brief history that will shatter the misconception surrounding the Philippines’ national bird.

Rare photographs taken by NASA astronauts gives us a glimpse to what happened before and during the 1991 cataclysmic eruption.

If there’s anything that the Mindanao tsunami and earthquake could teach us, it would be the universal truth that terrible things always happen when we least expect it.

His discovery saved millions, yet he was never paid a single cent. Thus sums up the sad story of Abelardo Aguilar, the Filipino physician who helped discover erythromycin and made his employer filthy rich yet was never duly compensated nor recognized for his efforts.

Long before Chino Roque was officially named the first Filipino to fly into space, two Philippine animals almost achieved the same feat. Enclosed in an Aerobee rocket, Philippine monkeys named Patricia and Michael made history after traveling halfway to space on May 22, 1952. Animals in Space: A Deadly Experiment Back when space flight was […]

13241 Biyo is a minor planet named after Dr. Josette Biyo, a Filipino educator. Dr. Josette Biyo is a Filipino teacher currently serving as Director of the Philippine Science High School (PSHS) Western Visayas campus.  She holds multiple distinctions from national and international award-giving bodies for her work in Education. Most notably, Dr. Biyo is the […]

Did you know that 10 species of Rafflesia, also known as the largest exotic flower in the world, can only be found in the Philippines? It is exclusively found in South East Asia and can grow up to 3 meters across. Apart from the Philippines, it can also be found in neighboring Borneo and Malaysia […]

Did you know that if exposed to a high-pressure environment, carbon-based substances such as peanut butter can turn into diamonds? That’s what scientists from Edinburgh University revealed in 2007, shedding light on an idea first proposed by alchemists centuries ago. But creating genuine diamonds artificially or naturally is no laughing matter. Ideally, a carbon-bearing material […]

Did you know that a giant man-eating saltwater crocodile–way bigger than Lolong–was killed in the Philippines two centuries ago? In 1823, a huge saltwater crocodile was killed near the town of Jalajala in Laguna de Bay. It measured 27 feet from the tip of its snout to the end of its tail. Approximately weighing 2 […]

We’re all familiar with ice cubes falling from the sky–not a shocker at all. But living things pouring from above? Now that’s when Mother Nature gets a little bizarre. So we can just imagine how stunned the people from Loreto town in Agusan del Sur after they saw dozens of 3-inch-long mudfish falling from the […]