Gravitational wave rumors ripple through science world

MIAMI — Rumors are rippling through the science world that physicists may have detected gravitational waves, a key element of Einstein’s theory which if...

Why the wealthy give

By Jasmine Agnes T. Cruz Book The Giving Way to Happiness By Jenny Santi Published by Penguin Random House DONATING to charity can make people happy. This...

What to see this week

4 films to see on the week of Jan. 15-22, 2012: Lumayo Ka Nga Sa Akin ANDOY RANAY, Chris Martinez, and Mark Meily direct the three...

$20 oil no longer a mirage as world confronts 12-year low

THE WORLD mostly ignored Ed Morse 11 months ago when the head of commodities research at Citigroup said oil could drop as low as...

A little bit of this, a little bit of that…

By Richard Roeper FOR A manic-depressive, alcoholic, washed-up political consultant of a certain age who’s dealing with altitude sickness in strife-torn Bolivia, and, oh yeah,...

The ‘better’ of 2015

By Noel Vera I PARTICIPATED in two End-of-the-Year surveys: Film Comment’s and Sight and Sound’s, the latter having the advantage of making every voter’s list...

Export drop persists in November, though smallest in eight months

By Kia B. Obang Senior Researcher THE DECREASE in sales of the country’s goods to foreign markets persisted in November last year in the face of...

Interactive: Oil crisis then and now

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Budget balance back in surplus as state spending still falls short

ByKeith Richard D. Mariano THE NATIONAL government’s budget balance swung back to a surplus in November, with spending continuing to fall below target even as...

Why do we vote the way we do?

By Nickky Faustine P. de Guzman May 9, a Monday, could be just any ordinary day. Metro Manilans would endure EDSA’s bad traffic and the...