Capt. Ronald Ravelo relieved his brother-in-law, Capt. Karl Thomas, as commander of the USS Abraham Lincoln — a change of command considered unprecedented for the U.S. Navy. Ravelo also became the first Filipino-American to take command of a carrier. Thomas, the…
There's an old saying that luck happens when preparation meets opportunity. There's no better example of that than a 2016 discovery at the University of California, Irvine, by doctoral student Mya Le Thai. After playing around in the lab, she made…
Cockroaches are being born impervious to bug sprays and it’s happening fast. A Purdue University study found that the commonly found German species of roaches are being born with an immunity to toxins with which they haven’t yet been…
NASA's exploration rover on Mars, Curiosity, just discovered some gas that could prove the existence of life on the Red Planet. According to The New York Times, Curiosity discovered elevated amounts of methane gas in the air on Wednesday, which could be a…
Traditions simply don’t vanish. A group of men helps carry a nipa hut, ‘bayanihan-style,’ to its new location somewhere in Barangay Luyo in Inabanga town, Bohol on Sunday, June 16. According to Torete Sayo who captured the scene, the men were relocating…
It is a new species discovered in 2016 (Image: Marvin A. Altamia and Reuben Shipway) A worm-like sea creature which eats stones and excretes sand has been studied in detail for the first time. London-based newspaper The Daily Mirror reported…
A spiritual son of Padre Pio, Fr. Vaccarini hasn't wasted a minute of his century-long life. Father, priest, father of priests, centenarian, author, disciple of Padre Pio, Veteran of World War II … Perhaps we could think of Fr. Probo…
If Andres Bonifacio had a sideline, then that would be acting. Bonifacio was so passionate about theatre arts that when he was staying in Tondo, he would frequently visit Teatro Zorrilla and eventually form a theatre group called El Teatro Porvenir. The…