Tag: Science

#COVID19 vaccine – mark of the beast or just biology?

2020 has been a peculiar year and has definitely taught us many things. But, one thing asserted itself so forcefully we can't ignore it going forward - how easily swayed…

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Have you seen the #NextLevel plan on education?

In a bid to increase pupil enrolment and keep children in school, the President Muhammadu Buhari administration is providing free meals to 9.3 Million children in 26 states in Nigeria,…

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Opinion: This is why Nigeria must restructure

by Fidel Albert Can we restructure.......? California is the 6th largest economy in the world. It's economy is larger than that of France or Brazil. The little problem is that…

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Victor Asemota: Welcome to the age of ZERO excuses

by Victor Asemota AI is coming I was listening to Eric Schmidt the Chairman of Alphabet (Google’s parent company) on a series of videos over the weekend and something was…

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The Thread: “I am very sympathetic to atheism and agnosticism” | A believer makes a case against science

They say religion and politics bring out the worst in us. But Chude Jideonwo, co-founder and managing partner of RED, has a different perspective. Do see below: Reactions Interesting.

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“Treat meningitis… It is science not religion” | Sanusi blasts Zamfara Gov., Yari

by Dolapo Adelana The Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II has blasted Abdulaziz Yari, Governor of Zamfara for his statement that the meningitis outbreak was a punishment from God. The…

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The Sexuality Blog: Have you ever stopped to wonder why people are born ‘straight’?

Nigerians everywhere are slowly coming to terms with the reality that not everyone is heterosexual. That first sentence is phrased that way deliberately because in discussions here about sexuality, one thing…

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Pius Adesanmi: The road from fast food to Twitter

By Pius Adesanmi When I was leaving Paris for Canada to begin my PhD in 1998, my French friends almost considered it a slap on the face of their culture…

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Opinion: About Pastor Adeboye, Raymond Ijabla has 15 questions to answer

by Perry Brimah My dear friend, Dr. Ijabla Raymond is having a field day poking at religious communities. I have had some degree of direct interactions with Ijabla a few years…

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Opinion: No matter how good the dream is, it ends

by Yusuf Abdulkadir Hassan Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one- Albert Einstein. The New technology (Augmented reality) that aims to fuse digital and real characters into one…

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10,000 traffic cameras to be installed in Lagos state

Lagos state government has unveiled its plan to install traffic cameras around the state in a bid to ensure strict obedience to traffic laws. The Lagos state Commissioner for Science…

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Nigeria’s production of ‘pencils to create 40,000 jobs’ – Ogbonnaya Onu

The Minister of Science and Technology, Ogbonnaya Onu has stated that as part of the plans of the Buhari-led administration to awaken the production sector of the nation, Nigeria would…

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‘Newly discovered sexually transmitted disease is more common in black people’

A new sexually transmitted disease called mycoplasma genitalium has been confirmed to exist by scientists in the United Kingdom. The STD which was first discovered over 20 years ago, is…

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‘Minister of Science and Technology, Ogbonnaya Onu is a Scientist’ – Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari says the selection of Ogbonnaya Onu as Minister of Science and Technology was as a result of his antecedents as a scientist. Buhari, disclosed this at the public…

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Three scientists win ‘Nobel Prize for Medicine’ for discovering the brain’s internal GPS

by Kolapo Olapoju American, John O'Keefe and Norwegian couple, May-Britt and Edvard Moser, won the 2014 Nobel Prize for medicine on Monday, 6 October, for discovering the brain's 'internal positioning…

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Analysis: The science of gay marriage

by Charles Ajunwa Showing that a man meeting a man A + A will produce a man there is no reaction, it goes unreacted and in chemical engineering you have…

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World’s second-oldest person dies at the age of 115

The UK's oldest person has died at the age of 115 years and 199 days. Sant Kaur Bajwa was born on January 1 1898 in Pakistan but had lived in…

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Virtual Lolita poses as 14-year-old schoolgirl to trap online paedophiles

A virtual Lolita that poses as a 14-year-old schoolgirl to trap paedophiles on social network sites has been created by scientists. The conversational agent or "chatbot" known as Negobot is…

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5 startling NEW facts about sleep

Sleep researchers have long argued over the optimal duration of sleep for healthy adults, with most balancing somewhere between five and eight. One study revealed that seven hours of sleep…

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Science teachers in Lagos receive training towards tooth-brushing world record

In ample time by way of preparation, HEIT Solutions, the project team for the Lagos World Record Toothbrushing Challenge, hosted the Teacher's Alignment Training Session for over 300 teachers at…

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Islamic radicals could soon be ‘cured’ by science, leading neurologist claims

A leading academic has claimed that religious  fundamentalism could soon be treated in  the same way as mental illness. Kathleen Taylor, a science author and  research scientist at the University…

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Everything you need to know about KINO, the science of touching a woman

from MensXP First off, one of the first things our body needs other than food, water and air is human to human interaction. It’s what keeps our sanity Kinesthetics (Kino)…

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He did what?! Policeman gives his daughter cocaine for her school project

Emma Bartlet Elementary school science fairs are often fun ways of having children learn about complex scientific principles through simple projects. You usually expect to see projects such as volcanoes,…

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Life imitates art: Meet Pet-Proto, the ‘iRobot’ that acts like a human being (WATCH)

by Rachel Ogbu Meet Pet-Proto, a Boston Dynamics-designed bipedal robot that is capable of analyzing and navigating complex obstacle courses, making decisions autonomously, and with, if not the actual dexterity…

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Opinion: He or she

by Onome Onodarho Sometime last year I sat down to watch one of my favourite shows on CNN the Piers Morgan tonight show. The guest that night was Chaz  Bono…

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The Future Awards is looking for Science Innovators & Inspiring Young People in Government … Nominations end in 2 days (June 30)

by Hauwa Gambo Ify Aniebo - Young Person of the Year 2010 For the third year in a row, The Future Awards, referred to by the World Bank as ‘The…

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They pay people to do this? Microsoft decodes why 419ers say they are from Nigeria

by Tolu Orekoya The short answer: the scam artists want only the most gullible people to reply their e-mails, because they are the easiest to scam. The words "419", "Nigerian…

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Is the Archbishop of Canterbury in support of evolution? See details from the Oxford University debate everyone’s talking about

by Lekan Olanrewaju "I am baffled by the way sophisticated theologians who know Adam and Eve never existed still keep talking about it."  -Professor Richard Dawkins The Oxford University on…

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