# Ep93 - How can the Philippine Eagle help us understand the expansion of the universe

An episode of [Behind The Science Podcast](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1753464681), 23 Oct 2025, 1 h 19 min.

Audio: https://anchor.fm/s/ee2ce360/podcast/play/109854899/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2025-9-18%2F409501053-44100-2-46a3c084e4c4f.mp3

Dr. Reginald Bernardo shares how his recent study uses the hunting behavior of the Philippine Eagle as inspiration for optimizing cosmological models that describe the expansion of the universe. 📚Reference: Bernardo RC, Enriquez EA, Mendoza R, Reyes R, Velasco AC. 2025. Nature-inspired optimization, the Philippine Eagle, and cosmological parameter estimation. Astronomy and Computing. 54:101026. 🤝Behind The Science Podcast is presented to you by Marine & Earth Science Learning Hub, UP Resilience Institute, The Philippine Agricultural Scientist, The Philippine Journal of Fisheries, and SciEnggJ.

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