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Death Toll Rises As The Philippines’ Road to Ruin.

Ninety-four percent. That’s the staggering percentage of Filipino road users who are pedestrians and cyclists— vulnerable road users. They’re the ones most likely to die. The Asian Transport Observatory paints a grim picture. The numbers are stark. The MMDA reports 82 cyclists died in road crashes between 2011 and 2021—a 39% increase.

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UP Diliman Physicists Map the World’s Shifting Cultures

UP Diliman Scientists created detailed cultural maps. These maps show how cultures change over time. The team is from the National Institute of Physics (NIP) measured cultural diversity using the standard deviational ellipse (SDE) area.