(Editor’s note: This article has been updated as of September 21, 2021) Giant clams are important players in coral reef ecosystems. They serve as habitat for fish, corals, and other marine organisms. However, most species of giant clams are already in danger of extinction due to disturbances brought about by climate change and human activities. […]
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Let’s face it: 2020 has been a challenging year—and it’s just been the first month. What with the novel coronavirus outbreak, the massive Australian bushfires, the Taal Volcano eruption, and the series of unfortunate events in the Philippines and across the world, it might be all too easy to feel helpless and hopeless. Instead of
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It’s Year 5 of a little online project called TessDrive.com. Website founder and manager Aries B. Espinosa shares his thoughts on a future that could be brighter, and kinder, for all creatures on the planet. Time sure flies when you’re having fun, and I realized just lately that we’ve been at this quiet little website
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TessDrive presents a regular summary of online finds, web discoveries that show us better ways to a better world. Ever so slowly, we’ll help you restore your faith in humanity. Three of the world’s most prestigious television and movie awards events have gone plant-based. Here’s looking at you, Oscar. It started with the 77th Golden Globe
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Datu Rodelio “Waway” Saway is not called “Tatay” for nothing. A teacher at the Talaandig School of Living Traditions and a well-known performing artist, Saway has been keeping the Talaandig musical heritage intact by mentoring young members of his tribe. Community artists would always go to their Tatay Waway to learn how to play and craft their
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Christmas Day is just a few hours away, and TessDrive was at the Reading Club 2000 in Makati City. Cyclists gathered here to devote some of their time and resources to contribute books to the Reading Club 2000, a house converted into a public library by its owner Nanie Guanlao. TessDrive is also handing over
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Nowadays, reading tweets and Facebook posts could easily make you lose faith in humanity. Social media has become toxic. We are all experiencing this with the proliferation of fake news peddlers, trolls, racists, sexists, misogynists, and all sorts of unsavory characters on social networks. These days, the online world is so polarized that it almost
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Just as dengue cases in the Philippines have reached epidemic proportions–with the number of cases increasing 92% from 2018 figures with over 400,000 sufferers reported as of November 2019–the Philippine Genome Center (PGC) of the National Science Complex in the University of the Philippines Diliman Campus has come up with a diagnostic kit that can
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When I met up with TessDrive founders Tessa Salazar and Aries Espinosa at VegFest Pilipinas 2019 (https://www.facebook.com/VegFestPilipinas/) on Nov. 17 to catch up after over a decade of not seeing each other, I had no idea that this column would be born. I have always been an optimist when it comes to technology. I truly
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“Seeds are essential to agriculture because whoever controls the seed supply will affect the state of food and agriculture.” Thus say the organizers of the October 26 conference “Food. Farming. Freedom” or FFF. They add that it is of the utmost importance that small-scale farmers gain access to farming components. These, however, were just two
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