Inventions That Have Made A Huge Impact On Our Lives New York Times–bestselling author Steven Johnson wrote How We Got to Now: Six Innovations That Made the Modern World. This book was later adapted into a six-part documentary series that detailed some common inventions people in the modern world take for granted but have had a profound impact on daily life. The documentary [...]
How Artificial Intelligence Is Going To Change Your Life
Are You Ready? There are many ways people benefit from artificial intelligence already. AI plays a current role in reducing commute times and operating autopilot systems. However, this is only the beginning. Everyone from Mark Zuckerberg to Elon Musk has big plans for AI going forward. Thanks to new software algorithms and advancements in cloud computing, the software can [...]
25 Incredible Species That Are Near Extinction
African Wild Dog One of the world’s most endangered mammals, wild dogs are social and gather in packs of 10. They can be found in southern Africa and East Africa. Amur Leopard In the Russian Far East, the Amur Leopard has has adapted to these forests. It can run at speeds of up to 37 miles per hour and has been reported to leap more than 19 feet high and up to 10 feet in [...]
No, It’s Not a UFO Invasion, It’s the Northern Lights
No, It’s Not a UFO Invasion While they look otherworldly, these breathtaking light displays are caused when the Earth's magnetic field interacts with the sun’s charged particles. [...]
25 Things You Didn’t Know About Clouds
What Exactly is A Cloud? Allswalls Clouds form after many water molecules in the atmosphere condense into water droplets. Eventually this evaporated water can turn into various forms of precipitation, begins a never ending cycle. [...]
The Best Kept Secrets About Trees & Why They Matter
Trees of Life Trees are a vital part of our world. They keep our air clean and our ecosystems healthy. They provide food and building materials. Click next to discover all of the unique reasons trees matter. [...]
Nigeria Must Diversify Sources Of Energy To Meet Power Needs
Dr Ogbonnaya Onu, the Minister of Science and Technology, says the country must diversify sources of energy in order to meet the power needs of the nation. Onu spoke on Tuesday in Abuja, at the end of a ministerial tour to four agencies under the ministry. According to him, the nation needs to diversify sources of its energy as it can no longer rely on gas alone. "We need to [...]
Facts About The Moon You Need To Know
Some facts about the moon. The moon can be described as a round object, that moves round the earth once every 27 day and the half, and shines at night by light reflected from the sun, it appears to be smooth when looked at from the earth. However, recent research shows that the moon is not smooth as it seems. It can be seen with naked eye in the cleared sky, when it [...]
How Breastfeeding Reduces Risk Of Diabetes In Women
Canadian scientists has found out in major study that breastfeeding reduces woman's risk of having diabetes. Breast milk is beneficial for both mom and child as it also reduces her baby’s chance of developing the condition in adulthood. According to the study, the longer a woman breastfed, the greater the benefits. Breastfeeding affects women's bodies in so many different [...]
Interesting Facts About Gorillas You Should Know
Interesting facts about gorillas that we need to know. Humans are gifted in too many ways and one of the ways we use this gifts is by studying the things around us, how they are, and what we need to know about the environment as well. It should be of interests also for us to take some few minutes to give attention to some interesting things and often ignored facts about this [...]
New Technology Set To Lead In The Curing Of All Diseases
Scientists are at it again with a new technology called CRISPR which is said to be capable of detecting and curing all types of diseases that were before now impossible. With this new technology, health challenges like sickle-cell anemia, HIV, schizophrenia and Austin and any health challenge involving bad DNA is about to be properly handled just like other curable diseases [...]
Goat Display Of Bravery Earned It ‘Friendship’ With A Tiger
A goat became friends with a Siberian tiger after displaying his bravery to the tiger each time he wants to attack the him. The goat named Timur was meant to be food for Amur the tiger but ended up becoming the tiger best friend at the Primorsky Safari Park in Russia.. According to Dmitry Mezentsev, the park’s director, told RIA Novosti that Timur was meant to be food for [...]
Why Aren’t Cats Mentioned In The Bible?
The question why cats are not mentioned in the Bible is a funny question if you haven't thought of it before. Let's dive into this neglected question and see if we can come up with an answer. A Short History of Cats Historians believe ancient Egypt was the site of cat domestication, due to the clear depictions of house cats in Egyptian paintings about 3,600 years [...]
Things You Don’t Know About Karl And Bertha Benz, Founders of Mercedes Benz
What a man can do, the adage rightly proceed with this controversial conclusion 'that a woman can do better'. How true that was with the case of Bertha Benz, the 39-year old wife of German engineer, Karl Benz who made history in August 1888 when she became the first person to complete a long distance trip by automobile. She not only made that by her epoch making journey, but [...]
Expats tell what it’s really like to live in Dubai
What do you know about Dubai, other than it’s a bustling cosmopolitan that attracts tourists from all over the world? Probably not a lot, especially not that 85% of the population are expats who have settled there, found jobs, and raised families. As a part of the Middle East, Dubai has a set of rules and traditions unlike those in the West, but expats wouldn’t have it any [...]
New Human Species Discovered In South Africa
Scientists say they've discovered new human species in South Africa. This new member of the human family revealed by a huge trove of bones in a barely accessible, pitch-dark chamber of a cave in South Africa. The species named, Homo Naledi, refers to the cave where the bones lay undisturbed for so long; “Naledi” means “star” in the local Lesotho language. Besides introducing [...]
Fishermen Handover Rare Monster Shark To Scientists Instead Of Selling It For Big Money
Commercial fishermen fortunately caught 6.5 metre rare basking shark, which would have fetch them a big amount of money but decided to donate it to the Melbourne Museum scientist. The fishermen said they decided to donate the second biggest living species of fish to the scientists because they know very little about the elusive basking sharks. “Basking shark fins would be [...]
How to Stop Snoring With These Simple Steps
Brazilian sleep experts claim these simple tongue movements will make sleepy time much quieter . Brazilian scientists have revealed a set of tongue exercises designed to stop people snoring. The sleep experts have done their bit for married people everywhere by unveiling a series of simple solutions to help hardcore snorers dampen their nocturnal noises. "The exercises [...]
Bearded Men Hair Can Be Dirtier Than A Toilet Bowl
A shocking new study has revealed that bearded men hair can be dirtier than a toilet bowl. According to a group of microbiologists in New Mexico, the rancid bacteria that beards collect could be putting owners’ health at risk. Microbiologist John Golobic, of Quest Diagnostics, swabbed a number of beards searching for bacteria for the study and found that some of the bacteria [...]
How Old You Really Look? Find Out From Microsoft In Seconds
This is a whole new level of machine learning from Microsoft. The tech giant just created a website where you could find out in seconds how old you look or according to CNN how old "computer algorithm thinks you are." I tried a couple of pictures and my own selfies and the result was amazing and the same time funny! The result in some was 90% accurate while some was way [...]
The Internet Would Collapse Within The Next Eight Years (See Facts)
The internet would collapse within the next eight years due to a 'capacity crunch', experts have warned. Our ever-increasing demand for faster data, streaming services and more powerful computers is pushing our communications structure to the limit and led to a looming web crisis, it's claimed. Leading engineers, physicists and telecom companies warn that cables and fiber [...]
Meet Jeff Horton, The Man Who Punches Shark To Escape Death
The day Jeff Horton came face to face to face with death and came out with just minor scratches. He practically rode on the back of tiger shark, giving it hard boxer punches along the way to escape death! It was a clear, sunny Sunday morning according to BuzzFeed report, and Jeff Horton was surfing off of Kauai’s North Shore at Pila’a Beach, surrounded by about 10 other [...]
President Jonathan flags off Gas Industrial Park in Delta State
Nigeria may be set for a major gas revolution with the flag off of the Gas Industrial Park in Delta State, South South Nigeria This indication was given by the President Jonathan on Thursday while performing the groundbreaking of the project which he believes would generate much needed revenue for the country when it starts functioning. Speaking at the ceremony, President [...]
President Jonathan commissions Alaoji power plant
Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday commissioned the 504 Mega Watts Alaoji Power Plant in Umuobasi-Ukwu, Abia State. The plant is one of the ten by the Niger Delta Power Holding Company. President Jonathan said he would continue to work hard to move the country forward. The project would have been abandoned based on an unfavourable report when he was still the [...]
See What Happened After He Interrupted This Giant Tortoise In The Middle Of $ex
A TV presenter ended up shell-shocked after stumbling across tortoises getting rather intimate, the male giant tortoise chased him for interrupting his $ex. Paul Rose came across the giant tortoises while on an island in the Seychelles, north of Madagascar, and quickly encountered their wrath. The tense scenes were caught on camera for National Geographic. “Walking across [...]
Federal Government Reduces Electricity Tariff By 50 percent
The Nigerian government has announced a reduction in electricity tariffs by half. The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission on Wednesday announced the immediate review of electricity tariffs by about 50 per cent. The Chairman of the Commission, Sam Amadi, who announced the review in Abuja, said the reduction, which takes effect from the end of March, followed the [...]
Doctors perform first penis transplant in South African
South African doctors have successfully performed the world's first penis transplant on a young man who had his organ amputated after a botched circumcision ritual, a hospital said on Friday. The nine-hour transplant, which occurred in December last year, was part of a pilot study by Tygerberg Hospital in Cape Town and the University of Stellenbosch to help scores of initiates [...]
Lagos Hand Over Rural Electrification To Oriba, in Epe LGA
Succor came the way of Oriba, a riverine community in Epe Local Government Area of Lagos State as the State Government handed over an 8 kilometer rural electrification project. According to the traditional ruler of the area, the community which has been in existence since the 17th century and without electricity got its first ray of hope over 18 years through the Federal Rural [...]
Nigeria will generate 5,000MW from coal —Nebo
The Minister of Power, Professor Chinedu Nebo, says the recent development in the use of coal technology could help the Nation to generate additional five thousand megawatts of power. He stated this while receiving his counterpart from Ghana in Abuja. Professor Nebo said with Nigeria's endowment as owning the seventh largest coal deposit in the World, it should join other [...]
FG Commissions Nigeria’s First Solar PV/Wind Power Plant
The minister of power, Prof Chinedu Nebo, at the weekend, commissioned a 25 kilowatt (kw) Hybrid solar PV/wind demonstration power plant located at the National Power Training institute of Nigeria (NAPTIN), Regional Training Centre, Kainji, New Bussa, Niger State. The project is an achievement of Nigeria-Germany Energy partnership under the Nigeria Energy Support Programme [...]
Buffalo and lion battles to death in a long-hour fight
Cast out by his pride, this starving lion was forced to take on a fully-grown buffalo in his desperate bid to survive. What ensued was a brutal hour-long battle leaving both animals bloodied, exhausted and with fatal wounds. Dramatic images capture the lion savagely biting and clawing at the buffalo's mouth, the big cat's face smeared with blood from where he's been gored by [...]
The “Blue Hole” Offers Clue To The Demise Of The Mayan Civilization
(CNN) -- To scuba divers and tourists, Belize's famous "Blue Hole" underwater cave is a wonder, one of the "10 most amazing places on Earth," according to the Discovery Channel. To scientists, it's something more: evidence of the drought that is suspected to have led to the demise of the Mayan civilization. New research reinforces that theory, Rice University Earth scientist [...]
Scientists Have Developed Ingredients That Will Help You Eat Less Food
Sound more like a tale? No, it's not - this a top notch science research backed by world class reviews. Scientists from Imperial College London and the University of Glasgow have developed a food additive that helps people feel full earlier. And, according to their study, the first in humans, it could help overweight people prevent additional weight gain and, in an [...]
Dubai Become The First Arab City To Be Added To Google Street View
Why not? Dubai is one of the best city in the world and famous for it's massive infrastructural development which includes some of the world's tallest buildings. The result is that you can now see some of the world's tallest buildings on Google Street View. Google decision marks the first time the internet giant is the services to Arab nation, opening the United Arab Emirate [...]
See How This Man, Poul Rosolie Was Eaten Alive By This Anaconda
Poul Rosolie promised us he's to be eaten alive by a giant 20 feet anaconda. We believed him and waited patiently for the 7th December, and when it finally premiered, we were left disappointed because we expected a journey into the belly of anaconda and not a peck from the Eunectes murinus! Read exactly what transpired as reported by The Telegraph - When naturalist Paul [...]
Diver encounters giant 26 feet Anaconda
If it is finally confirmed to be the longest anaconda ever encountered, this diver could be on his way of having his name clearly inscribed in the Guinness book of records. As it is their duties to be on the look out for and at the same time maintain their sense of duties, A diver, while diving deep within the rivers of the Brazilian rain forest, this wildlife expert [...]
Man to be swallowed alive by anaconda in new Discovery special
Discovery has found its next extreme stunt: A man will be eaten by a giant anaconda snake. In Eaten Alive, naturalist and wildlife filmmaker Paul Rosolie will be consumed by an anaconda while in a custom-built snake-proof suit. Discovery is keeping some of the details quiet for the moment, but has released these two promos, below. We’re told Rosolie covered himself in pig’s [...]
International Space Station bound Rocket explodes on launch [NASA Reports]
[NBC NEWS] A rocket carrying a commercial unmanned spacecraft loaded with supplies for the International Space Station exploded just seconds after launch on Tuesday. The first stage of Orbital Science's two-stage Antares rocket burst into flames as it rose from its launch pad at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. The company's Cygnus capsule and more than 5,000 pounds [...]