A featherless breed of broiler chicken developed by poultry breeders is yet to gain recognition despite the many advantages it may have. It grows well in tropical climate without overheating and eliminates the need for expensive air-conditioners in poultry farms. Read More …
Satellite images from the 1970s to date show that Lake Chad, which provides economic livelihood to 30 million people, has shrunk by 90%. There is historical evidence of a Lake Mega Chad, about 1,000 years ago, connected to the Nile, Read More …
Can science learn anything about longevity from Jonathan the Tortoise who is 192 years old? It hatched in 1832, five years before the coronation of Queen Victoria of England and turned 192 years old by 2024. It has outlived seven Read More …
Hundreds of people are daily, traveling to rural Gower, Missouri, to behold the body of Reverend Sister Wilhelmina Lancaster who died and was buried four years ago and yet the body, though not preserved, is still intact and is not 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 …
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 …
Nicolaus Copernicus (1473 – 1543), a Polish Church cannon, in 1514 was the first to write and circulate discreetly, the arguments that the Earth is round, the Sun stationary and that all the planets rotate round the Sun. It was Read More …
Uncontrollable wildfire in Los Angeles, California, USA, in 2025. It has not rained for over two years in the Horn of Africa and millions of people are at the verge of starvation there. Flood, erosion, earthquake, tsunami, volcanic eruption, hurricane, Read More …
The most popular peaceful use of nuclear energy is, arguably, in electricity generation. Nigeria requires 25,000 to 30,000 mw of electricity for any meaningful economic development. Total output has been about 3,700 mw from total grid capacity of Read More …
Scientists in UK Atomic Energy Authority and University of Bristol have created the world’s first battery which can last thousands of years before running out of energy. They used Carbon 14 – the radioactive isotope of Carbon – with a Read More …
