Articles for author: Maria Faith Saligumba

a scorpion crawling on the sand in the sun

Why Giant Insects Once Ruled the Skies

Maria Faith Saligumba

Imagine dragonflies with wingspans the size of seagulls patrolling ancient swamps, their iridescent wings catching sunlight as they hunted prey larger than today’s mice. Picture cockroaches scuttling through primordial forests at the size of house cats, while millipedes stretched longer than pythons across the forest floor. This wasn’t science fiction – it was Earth’s reality ...

Close-up of a crocodile swimming with open mouth in clear water.

The Super Crocs That Hunted Dinosaurs

Maria Faith Saligumba

Imagine a world where monstrous reptiles roamed the Earth, not just on land but also in the murky depths of prehistoric rivers. These were times when dinosaurs ruled the land, yet they weren’t the only giants. Lurking in the shadows of ancient waterways were the super crocs, a group of colossal crocodilians that were both ...

Two astronauts in spacesuits walk across a Mars-like desert landscape during the day.

Why Astronauts Shrink After Returning to Earth

Maria Faith Saligumba

Imagine standing 6 feet tall when you blast off into space, only to return to Earth months later measuring slightly shorter than when you left. This isn’t science fiction – it’s the reality astronauts face after extended stays in microgravity. The human body, sculpted by millions of years of evolution under Earth’s gravitational pull, undergoes ...