Dr Katie Spalding, a mathematician and science writer, set out to answer this question. Information in your computers or mobile phones is stored as electrons, those tiny subatomic particles orbiting the outer shells of an atom. They have a mass Read More …
Nigeria is to build four nuclear power plants of 1,000 megawatts each, for electricity generation. The process is at the bidding stage. Dr Yau Idris, Director-General, Nigerian Nuclear Regulatory Authority, NNRA, said this at the Nigerian International Energy Summit in Read More …
Nigerians held a general election on 25 February, 2023 to elect a new President and members of the National Assembly. The four main presidential candidates, according to the local media, were (in alphabetical order): Atiku Abubakar of the PDP, Rabiu Read More …
Work on world’s largest and France’s first fusion reactor, the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor, ITER, suffered a setback as the nuclear regulatory body, Autorité de Sûreté Nucléaire, ASN, ordered work stoppage until certain concerns are addressed. The project, based on Read More …
Why do things fall on Earth? The English scientist, Sir Isaac Newton (1642–1727), who was reputed for becoming Professor of Mathematics in Cambridge at the age of 26 years was sitting under an apple tree, in a contemplative mood, and Read More …
It took Dr Nick Axten 52 years to complete his PhD. He started in 1970 at the University of Pittsburgh in US with a Fullbright scholarship in Mathematical Sociology. He however, abandoned the programme five years after and travelled back Read More …
The Director-General of the International Atomic Energy Agency, IAEA, Rafael Grossi, on 7 February, 2024, led a team that visited the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant belonging to Ukraine but, occupied by Russia since 2022. This is the fourth visit by Read More …
The US, on 4 February, 2023 shot down an unmanned Chinese balloon which strayed into its territory. The Helium-filled balloon, which had two solar panels and payload the size of two buses, was flying at an altitude of 60 thousand Read More …
The Guinness Book of World Records has named Bobi, a Portuguese Rafeiro do Alentejo breed of dog, as the oldest dog ever. Bobi, on 1 February, 2023 was 30 years, 226 days old. The average life of dogs of that Read More …
In the last week of January, 2023 there were reports on Instagram and other social media of the discovery of electrically charged rocks in the Democratic Republic of Congo. This was even called a “groundbreaking discovery” capable of being developed Read More …
