When interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS was spotted in July 2025, social media rushed to call it an alien probe. But as any forensic scientist knows, evidence comes first, speculation later.

In this episode of The Forensic Lens Podcast, I unpack why a comet discovery is a perfect case study in disciplined reasoning. From classification to hypothesis testing, I explore how science systematically rules out natural explanations before entertaining extraordinary ones — and why this mindset matters not just for astronomy, but for justice, media, and civic life.

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Are Filipinos simply “bad voters”—or are our brains and choices shaped by poverty, stress, and survival? In this episode of The Forensic Lens Podcast, I explore how neuroanthropology helps explain why clientelism and vote-buying persist, linking scarcity, cognitive load, malnutrition, and education deficits to short-term decision-making.

The problem isn’t just political—it’s biological and cultural. To break the cycle, we must invest in nutrition, early childhood programs, and cognitive capital so that voters can engage critically and rationally with democracy.

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Ghost projects, padded contracts, and billions lost — the Philippine flood-control scandal has become a case study in systemic corruption. But beyond the headlines lies a deeper question: why do certain personalities keep rising to the top, and why does the system seem to reward them?

In this episode of The Forensic Lens Podcast, I explore corruption through the lens of forensic behavioral science and evolutionary psychology. From the dark triad of psychopathy, narcissism, and Machiavellianism to the cultural values that both resist and enable graft, I examine how governance becomes an “ecology” that selects for opportunists — and what we can do to change it.

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