“I know Kung-Fu” (Neo, The Matrix)
To be the President of the Samahang Pisika ng Pilipinas (Physics Society of the Philippines, spp-online.org) in 2025 was an …
Author Archives: Nath
HIV subtypes of infected Filipino males between 1980 and 2013
A research on the HIV subtype among Filipino males shows that there was a continuing rise of the HIV subtype CRF01_AE …
Gluta drops
Doctors from the Asian Hospital and Medical Center and the St Luke’s Medical Center, have conducted tests to determine the skin whitening effectiveness …
Mts. Natib and Mariveles boost Metro Manila’s southwest monsoon rains
The volume of rain far beyond the leeward side of a volcano can be amplified by the presence of it …
Is Liangdao man the oldest Austronesian?
Why the Spanish colonizers demanded extractive institutions in the Islands
It is generally believed that widespread corruption, inadequate protection of property rights and lack of effective constraints on the elite …
Circles within circles: English in the Islands
Having been working in Europe for more than 4 years, I´m always asked where I got my proficiency in English …
New Species: This Cebu endemic will be a wonderful addition in your backyard garden
The Cebu, an island in the central Philippines, is endangered of losing its natural forest with only 0.2% of it currently …
Backpost*: The Denisovans and the Mamanwas
In a post almost 3 years ago, I wrote about the ancient connection of the Philippine Negrito groups with indigenous …
Philippine language relations: Reply to comments…
First, a big thanks to everybody for being engaged in what I thought was just a simple map to visualize relationships …
Crime hot spots in UP Diliman from 2006 to mid 2008
Last October 16, a faculty member of the University of the Philippines was robbed/ abducted as she was opening …
Philippine language relations in a map
“The number of individual languages listed for Philippines is 185. Of these, 181 are living and 4 are extinct. Of …
Nath’s 30 for 30: 2nd decade’s papers, part 2
In 1983, Pres. Ferdinand Marcos established a system of national centers of excellence in the basic sciences. The first institutes …
Nath’s 30 for 30: 2nd decade’s papers, part 1
In 1983, Pres. Ferdinand Marcos established a system of national centers of excellence in the basic sciences. The first institutes …
A complex ritualistic burial in the Philippines 9000 years ago
About 9000 years ago, a human was buried in an elaborate ritual that involves defleshing and separation of bones, crushing …
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