What is lung adenocarcinoma, the cancer diagnosed in Pope Leo?
Adenocarcinoma is the most common subtype of non-small cell lung cancer, often found in non-smokers and typically grows slowly
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Scientists call for international body to oversee advanced AI
In an open letter, the researchers say frontier AI models should initially be air-gapped from external networks and subject to independent oversight, arguing that voluntary industry commitments are not enough
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German and US scientists win Nobel medicine prize for work on optogenetics
Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann, and Georg Nagel were selected for their ‘discoveries concerning light-gated ion channels and optogenetics’
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At Baguio’s Mirador, Jesuits have spent more than a century watching the Earth and skies
For nearly 120 years, Mirador Hill has been home to one of the Philippines’ oldest earthquake observation sites. Hidden inside the Mirador Jesuit Villa, the seismic station has survived war, reconstruction, technological revolutions, and even the devastating July 16, 1990, Luzon earthquake that crippled much of the city.
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This Filipino physicist brings outer space closer to home
Even if her work centers on the cosmos, the Philippine Space Agency’s Dr. Gay Jane Perez remains firmly grounded in helping Filipino scientists thrive
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PH’s first liquid-fueled sounding rocket to be launched in 2027
Cagayan will serve as the Philippines’ ‘gateway to space’
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Moderna, Merck breakthrough could usher in wave of cancer vaccines
Unlike chemotherapy, which kills both healthy and cancerous cells, or immunotherapy, which revs up the immune system, personalized cancer vaccines train the immune system to specifically target mutations found only on a person’s tumor
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One week in Apayao forest reveals 15 reptile, amphibian species
‘The documentation of at least 15 herpetofaunal species, including specimens that may potentially be new to science, demonstrates how much more there is to discover in our forests,’ says Dorothy Joy Cayaba of the local environment office
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[In This Economy] Handa ka na ba sa ‘super El Niño’?
May ilang buwan pa tayo para maghanda. Gagamitin ba natin ang oras para rito, o sasayangin lang?
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A lot of casual friends, or only a few you’re really close with? New research questions that trade‑off
‘Our interpretation is that everyone wants emotional closeness, but that people pay more attention to that desire when they’re feeling less satisfied with their friendships,’ a researcher says
