The LaSallianIn humanity’s efforts for survival, our ancestors have identified natural resources available for human consumption. However, the finite quality of these resources has pushed scientists to explore sustainable substitutes, one example being laboratory-grown meat. Scientific developments have made it possible to innovate processes by which animals could be spared from consumption. Tissue engineering closes the…
Revolutionizing almost every industry—from retail to healthcare to public transportation—and changing how humans live and work, the integration of artificial intelligence (AI) and robots into workplaces and homes only point to one thing: the future. Yet as these machines permeate various sectors of society, uncertainty and fear similarly pervade over the possibility that these machines,…
Youth and student activism have been heavily criticized by the public and media. Further, some elders tend to look down on adolescents who choose to speak out, often touted as being too young to know the real weight of the world. Yet with 2020 marking the 50th anniversary of Earth Day, the push continues for…
November 15 was pivotal—it marked the day when the first case of electronic cigarette or vaping product use associated lung injury (EVALI) was recorded in the Philippines. The diagnosed patient, aged 16, was said to only have started using electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) in March of this year. This news came amid a slew of 2,290…
The country’s “war on drugs” can be traced back to 2016 when President Rodrigo Duterte assumed his position as President of the Republic of the Philippines. Three years have passed, but the Duterte administration is nowhere near its specified goal of eradicating drug use in the country. Drug rehabilitation efforts have since progressed extensively with…
The 1986 Chernobyl reactor explosion left its tragic mark by killing more than 30 individuals in the initial explosion and contaminating the surrounding areas with high radiation. Other notable events—such as the Manhattan Project, the bombing of Hiroshima city, as well as another accident in Fukushima—have further aggravated resistance toward the use of nuclear energy.…
Ecosystems like forests and coral reefs have immune capacity to support life and provide significant economic and ecological services, but only if they are healthy. The increasing area of barren lands and rising sea temperatures are symptomatic of nature’s heightening destruction, prompting many community-based projects—from tree planting to coastal clean-up activities—intended to improve the state…
It has been 23 years since the birth of Dolly, the sheep known to the world as the first mammal to have ever been successfully cloned through adult cell cloning—a cloning process which requires the replacement nucleus to come from an adult cell instead of an embryo. Originally part of a series of experiments led…
