Genetically Modified Organisms are obtained through the manipulation of their genome by adding or removing certain traits needed to yield desired characteristic(s) in the offsprings. A gene is the basic unit of heredity. Genes are made up of DNA and Read More …
The full Moon for May, 2025, appears on 11th and reaches 99% illumination on the 12th and 13th May, 2025. Other names for the Moon are Bright Moon, Corn Planting Moon, Planting Moon. Its most popular name is the Flower Read More …
Pope Leo XIV was elected by the College of Cardinals to succeed late Pope Francis as the successor of Saint Peter the Apostle on May 8, 2025. He is the 267th Pope. He was born Robert Francis Prevost to Louis Read More …
There are only two northern white rhinos in the world today and both are female – Najin and Fatu. The last male northern white rhino, Sudan, died in 2018. This magnificent animal is, therefore, functionally extinct. Scientist are in a Read More …
Who wins in a fight to death between 100 unarmed men against one silverback gorilla? This has been a topic of debate of great interest with about half the respondents favouring the silverback and the other half favouring the men. Read More …
What role can all the satellites launched for Nigeria play in efforts to prevent terrorism in the country and rescue the abducted schoolgirls and others still in captivity? In April, 2014, there was the kidnap of 276 schoolgirls from Government Read More …
The UN nuclear energy body, International Atomic Energy Agency, IAEA, has invited Nigeria’s Centre for Energy Research and Training, CERT, to participate in the Response and Assistance Network, RANET. RANET is a global system for the provision of international assistance, Read More …
Researchers in the Institute of Astronomy in Cambridge University have found, what is believed to be, the strongest evidence of life outside Earth and our Solar System. The evidence of life was found in the planet called K2-18b, which has Read More …
Blue Origin, Jeff Bezos’ commercial space tourism company, had its 11th human flight to the edge of space with an all-female crew on 14 April, 2025. The crew of six had pop star Katy Perry, journalist Lauren Sanchez, former NASA Read More …
When there was no university in Nigeria, Chike Obi read from home in Onitsha, southeast Nigeria, for a first degree and Master’s degree in Mathematics from the University of London. The first university in Nigeria, University of Ibadan, started as Read More …
