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Thomasian stages NY exhibit

A RENOWNED Thomasian artist along with his children successfully held an art exhibit at the Philippine Center in New York last May 23 to June 3.

Edgar Doctor and his four daughters—Amihan, Lualhati, Luningning and Yasmin—had their paintings, photographs, sculptures and jewelry designs on display. Edgar and Amihan are UST alumni, while Yasmin is a Journalism senior at Faculty of Arts and Letters. Lualhtati and Luningning are from Ateneo de Manila University and De La Salle Univesity.

Fossils link jurassic creatures

A FOSSIL discovery may have solved a major evolutionary puzzle as scientists may have found the link between carnivores and herbivores among the dinosaurs.

The fossils of Falcarius utahensis, believed by scientists to be the missing link of the two distinct dinosaur classes, was found in a remote mountainous region in Utah early this May.

Photo confirms alien planet

HOUSTON, we have a visual.

The first planet ever found orbiting a star outside the solar system has recently been photographed.

First discovered in 2004, planet 2M1207b orbiting its sun in the constellation Hydra (about 200 light years away), was photographed by the Very Large Telescope of the Paranal Observatory in Chile last April 30.

A gas giant, the planet orbits its sun at a distance of about five billion miles, or roughly twice the distance Neptune orbits the sun.

Bon appetit, banana patty

ThE BANANA is one of the Filipino’s palate-pleasers, and so is the burger. Now try imagining the two together.

Musa balbisiana, also known as the local saba, is a good source of crude fiber, which can be used in enhancing the taste of beef burger patties, an undergraduate thesis by four food technology graduates suggests.

“Super” MMC

less than a square inch and no thicker than a mouse pad, this device is capable of storing a full-length movie.

Say hello to a souped-up version of the multimedia memory card (MMC) used in most cellular phones today.

According to Jonathan Kendrick, chair of the London-based ROK Entertainment Group, his company has developed an encrypting process that can shrink a full-length movie and other media like pictures and music into an MMC.

Reinventing MMDA road blocks

SOON you can drive safely at night, thanks to Thomasian Arjay Tuazon.

A College of Fine Arts and Design graduate, Tuazon has conceived of a modular traffic cone that has white reflectors for night traffic. Tuazon, who drives to school, experienced accidents caused by troublesome traffic barriers and problematic road signals. Thus he decided to design improved traffic cones for his thesis.

Cracks and crevices in UST Main Building

BEING “earthquake-proof” aside, the UST Main Building may not last another century as chemical elements are slowly chipping away at its foundation.

That’s the concern of UST cum laude graduate Hayden Gil. She examined the structural integrity of the heritage building in a chemical approach and found enough reasons to be wary.

In her undergraduate thesis, Gil chemically examined the integrity of the 78-year old structure, and found it in “good” condition, but measures for its conservation “have to be devised as soon as possible.”

Tales of the German Shepherd

EXCITED when the smoke issuing from the Sistine Chapel chimney was at last white, the ecstatic crowd in St. Peter’s square drowned even the pealing bells with loud chants Habemus papam!

The man in the white papal vestments stood before tens of thousands of pilgrims who had flocked to the square, raised his hands, and with a smile, addressed the crowd, calling himself “a simple and humble laborer in the vineyard of the Lord.”

‘Media should promote solidarity’

Catholics celebrated the 39th World Communications day with the theme “The Communications Media: at the Service of Understanding between People” last May 8 at St. Peter’s Basilica.

Pope Benedict XVI stressed the influence of the media in launching ecumenical dialogue or provoking violence between different faiths.

The media, the Pope said, is an effective instrument for the “promotion of solidarity” among different nationalities and cultures. However, this can also cause “prejudice and contempt among individuals” if abused.

Malachy’s prophecy

DID YOU know?

St. Malachy, a medieval Irish priest, foretold the identities of 112 Roman Catholic popes from the reign of Celestine II until the present.

His manuscript was found in the Vatican Archives in 1590. The predictions, although indirect and figurative, characterize a certain pope either by trait, country of origin, choice of papal name, coat of arms or insignia, birthplace, or some symbols.

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