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Can you count the number of times that you received sincere words of appreciation for things that you have done that to you were nothing out of the ordinary? I am quite sure of three things: no…
Somebody once said that some people need “atis therapy” to silence them a bit. How? Can a person speak while eating the atis fruit (sugar apple or sweetsop) which is so full of seeds? Just make sure…
In choosing the theme for a forthcoming annual scientific meeting of the National Academy of Science and Technology (Nast), its six divisions—agricultural sciences; biological sciences; mathematical and physical sciences; engineering sciences and technology; health sciences; and social…
All roads out of Makati were crowded on Wednesday night because of the heavy rains that caused flash floods that left motorists and commuters stewing till late. Hungry and desperate, I changed from defensive to offensive driving…
For three days last week, the world registered temperatures that one scientist described as “almost certainly” the hottest that planet Earth has seen for the past 100,000 years. Another scientist went further by declaring that it is…
Preparing to teach face to face, the first time in the Ateneo since the pandemic lockdown, I look back on the last semester I taught at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor. I taught an undergraduate…
Good morning, doctor!” The harassed-looking resident immediately looked up and nervously returned the greeting. She was typing away on her cell phone while navigating the hospital hallway. I was worried that she would get into a minor…
At age 20, we worry about what others think of us; at age 40, we don’t care what they think of us; at age 60, we discover they haven’t been thinking of us at all.” (Ann…
The most important news on the statistics front is the upgrading of the government’s family income surveying to every two years instead of every three. The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) recently announced a budget of P590 million…
In April 1899, Henri Turot, a French journalist, traveled to the Philippines and published, “The War in the Philippines” for the magazine Le Tour du Monde. Turot’s two-part reportage should be included in the reading list of…
We should hold our reunions before we start having our get-togethers in each other’s funeral wakes.” I said these words last year as the world was starting to emerge from the pandemic, during which terrible time we…
In the mid-1980s, one of many Kabayan mummies in the bodega of the National Museum was displayed to the public in a glass case. I brought my students there, pointing out the tattoos clearly visible on the…
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