I still have room for dessert!
Do you grab the closest sweet treat after a savory meal? This craving is a complex interplay of taste, reward, and our brain’s response to sweetness.
Tagging the truth to self-labeling
Personality labels give us belonging and self-understanding, but when do they stop helping us make sense of ourselves and start telling us who we are?
Unmasking the realities of vocal dysmorphia
When our own voice echoes back, artificial unfamiliarity ensues through a distorted ripple.
Can you feel the beat?
From irresistible grooves to syncopated rhythms, music moves our bodies to the symphony of our brain, memories, culture, and emotions.
Treatise: Language, thought, and the world we see
While humans can think beyond words, language may still shape how we interpret reality, from humor to perception.
Whiffs of nostalgia: How the brain processes pleasant aromas
From chemistry to nostalgic memories, discover how scents trigger powerful and deeply personal emotional responses.
Treatise: Starting school early won’t outsmart the biology of body clocks
Through a biological lens, early school times form a clash with adolescent body clocks, exposing how chronic sleep loss hinders students' learning.
The degrees between you and your outfit
Clothing is often treated as a matter of style, but in the Philippine heat, fabric, fit, and color affect one's comfort, body temperature, and safety.
Our X, X, and maybe Ys
Biology narrates more than just two stories involving X and Y, calling for a closer look at how we understand sex and the systems built around it.
Treatise: Looking for green in the big city
As trees are sacrificed for development, Metro Manila grows hotter, harsher, and increasingly harmful to public well-being.
Whisking through the clumps of the matcha craze
Amid the boom of trendy Asian flavors, the humble and resolute matcha may have something to teach its counterparts.
No woman left behind: TogetHER For Health’s mission to end cervical cancer
As the fight against cancer continues, cervical cancer is among the few preventable and highly curable cancers, yet it continues to claim the lives of Filipino women. Despite...
Invisible invincibility: The cost of being a woman in pain
Women’s healthcare ceases to progress under the confines of a patriarchal system rooted in the dismissal and capitalization of women’s pain.
Is this normal? Beyond the 28-day cycle on period-tracking apps
While period-tracking apps promise seamless menstrual cycle monitoring, their convenience hinges on a 28-day norm and masks glaring privacy pitfalls.
This land is her land (and she’s not leaving)
Beneath the “green transition,” women face disproportionate challenges and risks—yet they remain at the forefront of resistance and reclamation.
Treatise: Bug appétit!
We live in a curious era where someone will happily pay thousands for a sea-floor scavenger drenched in butter, yet recoil in horror at the sight of crickets...
Exhausted on arrival: The hidden mental cost of commuting
The ordinary Filipino loses hours to traffic daily—time that could have been spent instead on personal endeavors and rest.
The realities behind the green transition
The current transition to renewable energy might seem ideal, but in actuality, its pursuit of green resources is mired in harmful practices.
When the ground shakes, can DLSU stand?
As cracks begin to surface, the University’s buildings expose a deeper concern: are they built to endure or merely stay standing?
A breath of fresh air? Demystifying menthol inhalers
The relieving promise of every menthol inhaler carries potential consequences, with clear warnings that recurring users must fully understand.