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DOST to launch Diwata-2 micro satellite on Oct. 29

ILOILO CITY -- The Philippines will launch its micro second satellite named Diwata-2 to the International Space Station (ISS) this October 29. This was announced by Dr. Fortunato de la Peña, Secretary...

More students now prefer Science and Technology courses

LUNA, Apayao -- Department of Science and Technology (DOST) Secretary Fortunato dela Peña on Tuesday said more students are now taking up tracks in senior high school that are preparatory to Science...

Researchers Discover Microplastics in 100 Percent of People Studied

In the first study of its kind, Austrian researchers have tracked the movement of microplastics into human beings. The results show that the plastic that is a ubiquitous element of human...

Mystery illness causing paralysis in children baffles doctors

Federal and state health officials are baffled by a mysterious and rare illness that seems to target children, causing paralysis. As of Tuesday, 62 cases of what doctors are calling acute flaccid...

Researchers find bright sides to some invasive species

EDGEWATER, MARYLAND — Off the shores of Newfoundland, Canada, an ecosystem is unraveling at the hands (or pincers) of an invasive crab. Some 1,500 kilometers (930 miles) to the south, the same invasive...

New study links warmer water, more hurricanes

A new study is blaming 2017's unusually high number of hurricanes on the Atlantic Ocean's rising surface temperatures. The report is one of the first to suggest that human-driven global warming...

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