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DOST arm helps boost PH researchers’ capabilities

MANILA -- Science researchers across the Philippines have to be supported through scholarships, acknowledgment, and knowledge-sharing, a top official of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) has said. "We really need...

Does our galaxy sound like funky blues music?

Interstellar space is mostly a vacuum, so there is no medium that can carry sound. In other words, space is totally silent. But astronomers have often associated the movement of heavenly...

Scientists modify biology with technology

LOS ANGELES — Imagine storing digital data in DNA, wearing a device that makes you smarter or creating new materials by manipulating the genes of microbes. These ideas may sound like science...

Facebook Checks Its Bias

When Facebook recently said it would allow outside reviewers inside its platform to look for signs of racial or political bias, civil liberties and human rights activists politely applauded. For years, activists...

Scientists: Uranus smells like rotten eggs

It's a punchline that sends every 12-year-old boy into a fit of giggles. Now it has been proven to be true. Uranus stinks! Scientists using a huge telescope on Hawaii's Mauna Kea...

Facebook Says It is Taking Down More Material About ISIS, al-Qaida

SAN FRANCISCO — Facebook said on Monday that it removed or put a warning label on 1.9 million pieces of extremist content related to ISIS or al-Qaida in the first three months...

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