For someone whose experience with salt is limited to the finely ground white substance in little shakers atop dinner tables, entering a subterranean cave carved from a solid block of salt is amazing. And

In Iloilo City recently, I was able to try an ice cream made from the blue ternate flower, also known as the butterfly pea.

Arguably one of the most unforgettable low-tech delights: seeing the northern lights. One just has to find a place with little light pollution (OK, not that easy), look up, and wait to get lucky. I would

Thallium-201 decays by electron capture and has a physical half-life of 73 hours. Its daughter is the stable Mercury-201, which emits gamma rays with energy of 69-83 keV and 135 keV. For this reason, we

Osteoporosis is a serious medical condition. More often than not, people only find out that they have it after they've broken a bone after some trivial trauma. While many believe that weak bones are an

I climbed Mt Pulag in Benguet as part of a group. Trek from the rangers' camp started a little past midnight. The goal was to get to summit or at least to one of the peaks and catch the sunrise. If one

Hi! I'm C. Welcome to my blog in which I post things both high and low technology. My work requires me to work with toys that fall on the high tech end of the spectrum while my natural inclination is towards