"Harnessing the Unknown: Powering the Future through Science and Innovation"
The 2025 National Science Month celebration, anchored on the theme “Harnessing the Unknown: Powering the Future through Science and Innovation,” invites us to reflect on the critical role of curiosity, foresight, and creativity in shaping tomorrow’s society. The phrase “harnessing the unknown” suggests that what we don’t yet fully understand whether in nature, technology, or human systems holds immense potential. Rather than shunning uncertainty, the theme challenges researchers, learners, and communities to lean into it, turning questions into drivers for progress. In the Philippine context, the Department of Education and local science clubs have already begun organizing contests, exhibits, and outreach programs to make this theme more tangible across schools. Over the next few decades, the relationship between science and society must deepen into a more reciprocal, interdependent partnership. Science and innovation are not merely tools for economic growth or prestige; the...