Pecier Decierdo

What is curious about the petition is that reproductive health supporters can use exactly the same words to uphold the constitutionality of the law. Majority of Filipinos support the RH Law precisely because it upholds our ideals and aspirations. Using the words of the same Preamble the petitioners used, it can be pointed out that our nation needs the RH Law to “build a just and human society” and “promote the common good, conserve and develop our patrimony, and secure to ourselves and our posterity, the blessings of independence and democracy under the rule of law and a regime of truth, justice, freedom, love, equality, and peace.”

Many people around you are commemorating the humble coming of Christ by extravagantly and wastefully observing pagan practices. What are you...

No, the world is not going to end this week. That belief is too unfounded to be even worth a rebuttal.

Hello, my name is Curiosity. I am the rover of NASA’s Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) program. I know I am animate only in the broadest sense and that my artificial intelligence is comparable to that of a fly, but allow me this conceit of having conscious thought, if only to tell the story of my mission in Mars. It is, after all, also the story of my cousins, Spirit andOpportunity. It is also the story of Mars. Ultimately, it is also the story of life on Earth. My story is your story, too.

As a non-hipster science fan, I find it heartwarming that a scientific discovery made in the French-Swiss underground scene is finally making it into the mainstream. However, I noticed that many people are at a loss when it comes to comprehending the excitement surrounding this Higgs thingy. After all, where in the big picture of science does this so-called “God particle” fit in?

...up here in the world of familiar objects -- bouncing basketballs, falling apples, orbiting planets -- the laws that govern our universe make it tick like clockwork. Down in the world of Amber the electron, things can seem very different. We must use a different set of rules to explain the behavior of Amber the electron and similarly small objects like protons, neutrinos, and positrons. These are the rules of quantum mechanics, and objects governed by these rules can be called “quantum objects”.

Meet Amber. She is an electron... Where’s Amber? Also, how fast is she going and where is she headed? Where can we find her later? Well, answering these questions is not as easy as it sounds. This is because Amber’s behavior is governed by the rules of quantum mechanics, which are quite different from the rules that govern the behavior of familiar objects like falling apples, swinging pendulums or flying cannon balls.

Turing was instrumental in the development of the modern theory of computation that serves as the basis for our modern computer technology. He also laid the foundations of the field of artificial intelligence.... Despite these, when he admitted to being a practicing homosexual after the war, the British police had him punished for the crime "gross indecency”, a crime that is punishable either by imprisonment or “chemical castration”.

This Wednesday, June 6, people in the Philippines will have a chance to witness the transit of Venus with the Sun.