Category: Science

Why the Modern Science of Sex and Transgender Identity Matters for Every Filipino

August 25, 2019 Anthony Quilon 11 Comments

Transgender identity has been in the news lately—and unsurprisingly so. The charged political climate of this month has yielded many contentious issues about gender and LGBT rights to use public restrooms—and it’s clear that these discussions are long overdue. But before we delve and expound on whether transgender individuals like Gretchen Diez should be allowed…

Lifestyle, Science, Society

The LGBTQ cause: how a once-dignified community became a POWER-HUNGRY lynch mob of cyber-bullies

August 22, 2019August 22, 2019 benign0 11 Comments

Whereas it took the better part of 30 years for the once-fashionable Yellow “cause” of the Aquino-Cojuangco clan to turn uncool, it has taken just a matter of months for the “cause” of the Lesbian Gay Bisexual, Trans, and Queer (LGBTQ) — plus any new manufactured notions of “gender identification” (LGBTQ+x) — to run aground….

Science, Society

Bruce, Brenda and the Roots of Gender Identity

August 21, 2019 Anthony Quilon 4 Comments

When I was a graduate student at UCLA, I came across this sad and tragic story in neuroscience class of a young boy who had a circumcision that went awry. In the early 1960s, identical twins were born to a Canadian couple. Bruce was born first before his identical twin brother, Brian. When the twins…

Science, Society

Dengvaxia is No Excuse to Fail in Preventing the Measles Outbreak

February 22, 2019 ChinoF 3 Comments

Recently, the party-list candidate group ANA Kalusugan staged a rally and press conference in Manila, holding the former in front of the Department of Health. They charged that the DOH was remiss in preventing the measles outbreak that recently claimed more than 180 lives. This outbreak may be blamed by some on the recent paranoia…

Civics, Government, Science

Can Filipinos build their own rockets?

December 3, 2018 zaxx 27 Comments

It’s not a question of ability. The Philippines produces a staggering figure in terms of brain power for engineering, science, IT, and mathematics. It’s really a question of why: why aren’t Filipinos building their own rockets? Well the simple answer is also the lazy rhetorical one: “Why make when you can buy?” And there again…

Science, Tech Talk

FACT CHECK: Is God stupid?

June 26, 2018 benign0 44 Comments

No he isn’t. Any garden variety theoretical physicist and mathematician will know that he isn’t, because there is a vast coherence in the universe that can be described consistently by science and mathematics. Every field of science is expected to reduce to this unified framework and scientists are working towards zeroing in on its elegant…

Religion, Science

A Tale of Three Genetic Mutations: Aquinos’ Rare Deleterious Alleles, Genghis Khan’s ‘LCT Gene’, and Charles II’s Inbreeding Depression

June 16, 2018 Anthony Quilon 18 Comments

A Piece of Chalk Nobel Prize-winning physicist Steven Weinberg is one of the deepest and most original thinkers in modern physics. His research has mostly been in the theory of elementary particles and the related quantum theory of fields, together with occasional forays into cosmology. One thing I like about Weinberg is that he’s not…

Lifestyle, Politics, Science

Is athletic ability dictated more by genetics than environment in the NBA?

June 4, 2018 Anthony Quilon 15 Comments

NBA superstar Lebron James of the fourth-seeded Cleveland Cavaliers clinched his eight straight NBA Finals appearance after the four-time MVP led the Cavaliers to an 87-79 victory over Boston in Game 7 of the Eastern Conference finals last week at TD Garden. He proved once again his mettle after he pretty much single-handedly willed his…

Science