"Leprosy and Psoriasis, not Flesh-eating disease"

Few days ago, the media brought up a very alarming news about a flesh-eating disease. They showed us about 2 people that has an unusual skin disease that they said, the doctors cannot explain what it is. Dr. Anna De Guzman, the Pangasinan provincial health officer said that it was not true at all. Dr. De Guzman that the person from Sta. Barbara has...

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A Test of Critical Thinking

An election season in UP Diliman is not complete without the incessant room-to-room campaigns, speeches full of big promises, flyers posted on every corner, and forums to test the candidates’ wit and true capabilities. It’s no surprise that the aspirants have taken advantage of the ease of social media and eagerly took campaigning beyond campus grounds...

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TABATA Workout: The New fitness Craze

High Intensity Interval Training a.k.a. HIIT is becoming famous nowadays. It doesn’t need a lot of time to do this workout. All you need is 15-20 minutes of your time and it’ll guarantee you to get in shape for a fast-approaching event. Research shows that a 15-20 minutes HIIT can burn more calories than 45 minutes to 1 hour jogging and according to a post by Charlotte Hilton Andersen; a 2011 study presented at the American College of Sports Medicine...

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UP Diliman Elections 2014

                                                 Photo from: masscomm.upd.edu.ph It is late February, nearing the month of March and you are probably starting to see students wearing long sleeves and slacks when you’re...

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Towards an ASEAN Community

                    The official flag of the ASEAN image from:  http://www.aseanic.org/_uploadedfile/images/asn-sli-1349145587-asean-logo-dalam.png For the past few weeks, news about the ASEAN integration is all over the headlines. Besides the adjustment of Academic calendar by different universities...

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Smile! A Picture from 100 Miles Away, and Up, Up We Go

What does Earth look like as seen from a 100 miles away?             NASA has the answer. This February, Curiosity, a rovers in Mars shot a picture of Earth and send it back to  NASA. NASA tweeted the photo that was sent by the rover via twitter. It is a success for the rover that was attempting to take a clear picture...

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A Higgs Boson We Cannot Unsee

Andre David of CERN giving his lecture on the Higgs Boson at the CS Auditorium, UP Diliman last January 29, 2014 It all started with the discovery of fire. Then the candle was invented and through applied research man was able to utilize the use of animal fat and bee’s wax to create oil lamps, which then led to the discovery of electricity where...

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