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Two meteor showers light up Philippine skies on end-July

By Brian Jules Campued Heads up, astrophiles! You better not miss the skies on Tuesday night until early Wednesday morning as these shooting stars, which light up twice as bright, fade away...

UP Manila develops herbal solution for skin fungal infections

By Brian Jules Campued A potent herbal lotion against highly contagious skin fungal infections using the Akapulco plant has been developed by the National Integrated Research Program on Medicinal Plants (NIRPROMP) of...

Up to 50 meteors per hour to shower Philippine skies on June 7 – PAGASA

By Brian Jules Campued Are your wishes ready? About 50 meteor showers per hour are expected to grace the night sky during the peak activity of the Daytime Arietid meteor shower on June...

DOST and Mapua University launch P15-M weather forecasting system to combat La Niña

The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) and Mapua University launched on Friday (May 31, 2024), a 24/7 localized weather information and impact monitoring system to help the country prepare for...

DOST study detects microplastics in ‘bangus’

By Brian Jules Campued A study funded by the Department of Science and Technology-National Research Council of the Philippines (DOST-NRCP) revealed that 235 in 383 extracted particles from 30 milkfish, or locally...

SpaceX poised for second launch of mega Starship rocket

SpaceX is poised Saturday for the second test launch of Starship, the largest rocket ever built that Elon Musk hopes will one day colonize Mars, while NASA awaits a modified version to land humans on the Moon.

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