Biotechnology now gaining ground
Developing countries can benefit from genetically-modified crops by being able to increase food production, lower production cost and food prices, improve food quality and...
SCIENCE: Are biotech crops safe to eat?
Are biotech crops, which are spliced with genetically-modified organisms (GMOs), safe to eat?
Opponents, mostly composed of private individuals, non-government organizations, and international activists, says...
SCIENCE: The lethal side of mercury
“If there’s Walking Dead Part 8, it might be here in Sta. Lourdes,” Gerry Valena, a longtime resident of the area, admitted to Redempto...
SCIENCE : Nanotechnology: Little things mean a lot
“I want to build a billion tiny factories, models of each other, which are manufacturing simultaneously. . . The principles of physics, as far...
Iron-fortified rice can help lessen malnutrition
Every night, an average Filipino joins at least 3.7 billion other people who go to sleep still hungry. Their hunger, however, is not the...
Irradiated food: to eat or not to eat
Text and Photos by Henrylito D. Tacio“There is a common misconception that irradiated food is radioactive. The radiation used to process foods is very...
Oceans in deep trouble!
Text and Photos by Henrylito D. Tacio“The degradation of our marine ecosystems has always been a gut issue as it pushes poverty deeper in...
Food production dehydrating water supply
Text and Photos by Henrylito D. Tacio“The agriculture of tomorrow will need a lot more water.” -- Colin Chartres, the director-general of the World...
Saving endangered coral reefs
By Henrylito D. Tacio(First of Two Parts)Â “Large areas were found with very high live coral cover, up to nearly 100 percent in places, but...
Saving Tañon Strait
By Henrylito D. TacioAtty. Ingemar Macarine is the only Filipino who is consistently swimming in open waters and in areas not yet swam. He...