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May 20, 2021 at 10:00 pm by Sean Crommelin As interest in climate science has exploded with the looming threat of climate change, scientists around the world have sought to better understand how precipitation patterns may change in the future or have changed in the past due to corresponding changes in temperature.  Río Secreto, a cave system near Playa del Carmen in the Mexican state of Quintana Roo. Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons They do this by using both complex mathematical climate modeling and proxies found throughout Earth — like ice cores — to reconstruct pale...

Published May 9, 2021, 6:46 PM The number of social media users recently scammed, hacked, and even harassed online is alarming. While cybercrime victims before were the clueless titos and titas, now, journalists, doctors, teachers, and even those in the religious communities have fallen to the more sophisticated forms of scams. We could see now the impact of cybercrime across all ages and spectrums of society. My job as the Tech Editor and Information and Communications Technology head of Manila Bulletin has made me the unofficial 24/7 tech support guy for my friends. Just last week, I got ur...

April 25, 2021 at 11:56 pm by Sean Crommelin As economies around the world become increasingly ambitious in accelerating the transition away from fossil fuels and other forms of nonrenewable energy, India — the world’s second most populous country and the fifth largest economy in the world by GDP — has emerged as a global leader in the expansion of renewables.  India’s planned emphasis on solar photovoltaics may not be ideal. Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons But there is still a long, long road ahead. Despite its incredible gains in renewables, the Indian energy m...

April 13, 2021 at 4:00 pm by Sean Crommelin Alec Cao, a fourth-year physics major in the College of Creative Studies, has won one of seventeen 2021-2022 Churchill Scholarships.  Cao will be traveling to the United Kingdom for one year of master’s study at Churchill College in the University of Cambridge. The scholarship covers full tuition, a stipend, travel costs and an opportunity to apply for a $2000 special research grant, according to the Churchill Scholarship website. Churchill College is the only college at Cambridge focused on S.T.E.M. subjects. Courtesy of Alec Cao ...

April 11, 2021 at 11:00 pm by Sean Crommelin For decades, antiquated research practices enshrined the behavior of undergraduate students, or even just the W.E.I.R.D. — those in countries who are western, educated, industrialized, rich and democratic — as the standard of human behavior.  A flat tire being replaced in the midst of fieldwork in Mwanza, Tanzania. Courtesy of David Lawson Nowadays, however, the sun has set on such a mentality.  Variation in behavior based on circumstance and setting, as the social sciences now understand, is commonplace and important to ...