Finance

What is a professional patient advocate, and why might you need one?

Family members can offer invaluable support to patients, but a trained advocate can provide an objective perspective as well as knowledge of resources...

Oct 06, 2026 • 5 min read

Technology

Colorectal cancer is rising in young people and often found too late

New research suggests that advanced colorectal cancer is becoming more common in young patients, raising concerns that warning signs may be missed or...

Oct 06, 2026 • 5 min read

Finance

One simple addition to postpartum care made a major difference

Becoming a mother can be difficult under any circumstances, but for some women, everyday obstacles can make getting medical care after childbirth espe...

Oct 06, 2026 • 5 min read

Finance

Tropical trees built homes for ants. Wasps are taking them over

Scientists studying the tropical forests of Malaysian Borneo have discovered an unexpected shift in one of the region's long-running ecological partne...

Oct 05, 2026 • 5 min read

Technology

Optogenetics wins the Nobel – one neuroscience breakthrough in a line of technological innovations helping scientists map and control the brain

Neuroscientific advances follow a pattern of visualizing the brain, measuring its function and then controlling it. Optogenetics may lead to a new era...

Oct 05, 2026 • 5 min read

Finance

We’ve tracked $80M of spending on almost 170 AI-generated political ads this year – it’s weird

Almost 170 ads and $80 million in spending and only 31% with a disclaimer: Here’s what researchers found when they tracked AI in this year’s campaign...

Oct 05, 2026 • 5 min read

Finance

Why can’t people regenerate limbs like salamanders?

Understanding how certain animals can regenerate entire organs and limbs could help heal injuries in people.

Oct 05, 2026 • 5 min read

Technology

EXPLAINER: What makes a transaction ‘covered’ or ‘suspicious’ under AMLA?

A transaction appearing in an AMLC report does not, by itself, mean that the money was illicit or that a crime was committed

Oct 05, 2026 • 5 min read

Technology

SC decision clears way for Sara Duterte trial to move forward

Senate President Sherwin Gatchalian says the dismissal of the petitions clears the way for Duterte’s trial to proceed

Oct 05, 2026 • 5 min read

Technology

[Ask the Tax Whiz] Will the new audit rules protect honest taxpayers?

Wealth growth alone does not prove evasion. Legitimate sources must be checked, and due process observed.

Oct 05, 2026 • 5 min read

Technology

[OPINION] Stop asking where UHC will find the money. Build the economy that can pay for it.

How do we make the Philippine economy itself capable of paying for increasingly expensive healthcare?

Oct 05, 2026 • 5 min read

Technology

NCAP returns in 5 Metro Manila cities

Aside from major roads in Metro Manila, NCAP now expands to these five cities

Oct 05, 2026 • 5 min read

Technology

PSE enters new territory with GCash’s IPO. But to thrive, it must go further.

GCash’s incoming record-setting IPO hints at a stock market opening itself to asset-light enterprises, but is still far from embracing high-growth tec...

Oct 05, 2026 • 5 min read

Technology

Credit cards, move over: Filipinos really love buy now, pay later

BNPL is running red-hot, enough for one top player to turn itself into a bank and snag one of the government’s former highest paid official for its bo...

Oct 05, 2026 • 5 min read

Finance

Scientists just found a way to fight lung cancer and muscle wasting at the same time

Researchers at Oregon State University have developed an experimental treatment designed to tackle lung cancer and the severe muscle loss that can occ...

Oct 05, 2026 • 5 min read

Technology

A meteor hit Oklahoma 100 million years later than scientists thought

Researchers at The University of Texas at Austin have revised a key piece of Oklahoma's geologic history, with possible implications for how scientist...

Oct 04, 2026 • 5 min read

Finance

A forgotten 30-year forest experiment just delivered a huge surprise

What’s the best way to manage a forest? Australians have argued about this for decades. The debate is often framed as binary: do we protect forests en...

Oct 04, 2026 • 5 min read

Technology

Scientists just found a new way to make hydrogen from water

Researchers at Oregon State University have created a new class of materials that can use light to produce hydrogen from water, offering a potentially...

Oct 04, 2026 • 5 min read

Technology

Hunter-gatherer societies are often put on a pedestal as paragons of equality – but the reality is more complicated

Hunter-gatherers do not always seek total equality, but that doesn’t mean they aren’t egalitarian.

Oct 03, 2026 • 5 min read

Technology

This protective enzyme could help stop fatty liver disease from getting worse

Researchers co-led by Cedars-Sinai Health Sciences University have identified an enzyme that may help protect the liver from the damage that can occur...

Oct 03, 2026 • 5 min read