Building Capacity in Petroleum Sector Governance in Nigeria
Building Capacity in Petroleum Sector Governance in Nigeria By Kelechi Deca The emergence of renewable energy sources notwithstanding, about two billion dollars a day of petroleum is still traded worldwide, which makes petroleum the largest single item on the balance of payments and exchanges between nations. And petroleum represents the larger share in total energy use for…
10 emerging technologies that will change our world
10 emerging technologies that will change our world The revolution is already happening. Business leaders know they must prepare for technological upheavals in the years ahead. But keeping up-to-date on new technologies—to say nothing of understanding their complexities and forecasting those shifts—is an overwhelming task. To help organizations find their footing, the CompTIA Emerging Technology Community releases…
Calf born with third eye on forehead — but still destined for slaughter
Calf born with third eye on forehead — but still destined for slaughter Vet says cow will be treated same as any other Third eye blind? Vet says ‘impossible to know’ what goes on behind eyelid (Malan Hughes) A cow on a North Wales farm was born with a third eye in the middle of its forehead. Veterinarian Malan Hughes made the…
SOMETHING IS FRIZZLING UP THE BRAINS OF OLD WHITE GUYS
SOMETHING IS FRIZZLING UP THE BRAINS OF OLD WHITE GUYS WE KNEW IT! Rising levels of air pollution can have a disastrous impact on older men’s memory and cognitive performance, according to an alarming new study. Scientists measured how increased concentrations of fine particulate matter — tiny particles that make up a common form of air pollution…
NOBEL WINNER: ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE WILL CRUSH HUMANS, “IT’S NOT EVEN CLOSE”
NOBEL WINNER: ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE WILL CRUSH HUMANS, “IT’S NOT EVEN CLOSE” FROM THE DEPT. OF PEOPLE YOU SHOULD REALLY, REALLY LISTEN TO. Endgame, Set, MatchIt’s common knowledge, at this point, that artificial intelligence will soon be capable of outworking humans — if not entirely outmoding them — in plenty of areas. How much we’ll be outworked and…
Elon Musk Just Announced a $100 Million Prize Competition — Here’s How to Enter
Elon Musk Just Announced a $100 Million Prize Competition — Here’s How to Enter On Thursday, SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk joined XPrize‘s chairman to announce a $100 million Carbon Removal competition. The contest aims to incentivize innovators across the world to come up with a large-scale project that “can pull carbon dioxide directly from the atmosphere or oceans, and…
Batteries Included? The Power Potential of Human Electric Current
Batteries Included? The Power Potential of Human Electric Current Maybe we’re all just batteries. That’s the bad news for Keanu Reeves’ Neo, who wakes up from a chemically-induced slumber and discovers he’s nothing more than a pack of double-A’s connected to a massive power station run by evil robot overlords in the dystopian sci-fi film “The Matrix.”…
Hundreds Of ‘Evil-Eyed’ Fish ‘Deadlier Than Cyanide’ Found On Beach In Cape Town
Hundreds Of ‘Evil-Eyed’ Fish ‘Deadlier Than Cyanide’ Found On Beach In Cape Town Tess Gridley, from Sheffield, was walking with her family on Muizenberg Beach in Cape Town, South Africa, when she encountered hundreds of stranded “evil-eyed” pufferfish A British expat has discovered hundreds of stranded “evil-eyed” pufferfish – each armed with a poison more deadly than…
Scientist Called ‘Foolish’ For Immune System Research Claims Nobel Prize For Cancer Cure
No one would argue that James Patrick Allison, simply known as Jim to friends, isn’t one of the biggest figures in immunology. He is the main man behind cancer treatments and drugs today. But before his Nobel Prize win, Allison faced heavy skepticism from fellow oncology researchers. Most did not believe in his work, and many thought…
A Dyson Sphere Could Bring Humans Back From the Dead, Researchers Say
This cosmic megastructure may be the key to resurrection—and immortality.
Russian researchers have outlined several ways technological resurrection may be possible in the future, including a method called digital immortality: restoration based on recordings.In this method, a superintelligent AI uses the cosmic Dyson Sphere megastructure to harness computing energy from the sun.Humans can’t build a Dyson Sphere—yet—but the researchers say nanorobots could one day do the job…
Scientists Find a Mysterious ‘Ghost Lineage’ In the DNA of West Africans
Researchers find evidence that a group of still-unknown humans interbred with our ancestors. (Inside Science) — A mysterious extinct “ghost” human lineage that was an even more distant relation than Neanderthals may have interbred with the ancestors of modern West Africans, significantly contributing to their gene pool, a new study finds. Although modern humans are now the…
Perseverance rover has successfully landed on Mars and sent back its first images
By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN)The NASA Perseverance roversafely landed on Mars after its 292.5 million-mile journey from Earth, the agency confirmed at 3:55 p.m. ET Thursday. The rover landed itself flawlessly, according to the mission’s team.”Percy,” as the spacecraft is affectionately called at mission control, sent back its first images of the landing site immediately after touchdown, which shows…
See How A Potato Battery Can Light Up a Room For Over a Month
A crop-based power system coming out of Israel is significantly cheaper than batteries, but why isn’t anyone interested? one of the most ubiquitous crops in the world, the potato is poised to feed the entire world. Along the way, scientists discovered that the popular staple of many people’s diets may also have potential to help power it as…
Bizarre, Monstrous Half-Alligator Half-Fish Animal Spotted In Singapore (Pics)
A monstrous ‘prehistoric’ fish that looks like an alligator sparked a marine mystery after it was discovered washed up by a reservoir in Singapore. The remains of the creature were discovered on the banks of the MacRitchie Reservoir, where locals struggled to identify it. It was discovered by Karen Lythgoe, 31, a Scottish national now living in…
Physicists cracked the mystery of teleportation — but it’s nothing like what you see in Star Trek
Brian Greene, professor of physics and mathematics at Columbia University and co-founder of the World Science Festival, explains how teleportation can be done. Following is a transcript of the video. Brian Greene: I’m Brian Greene, professor of physics and mathematics at Columbia University and co-founder of the World Science Festival. Teleportation is one of the weird ideas, and there is a version…
CHINA MARS MISSION: SPACESHIP ARRIVES ON RED PLANET TO EXPLORE SURFACE IN SEARCH OF SIGNS OF LIFE
A Chinese spacecraft has arrived at Mars and is preparing to explore its surface, the country has said. The Tianwen-1 spacecraft is one of three missions to the red planet arriving this month. It comes a day after a UAE spaceraft successfully went into orbit around the planet, and ahead of the arrival of Nasa’s Perseverance rover. The Chinese mission is…
NASA tracking two giant asteroids set to collide with Earth’s orbit next week
February 2021 will be welcomed in with a visit from two giant asteroids that will collide with Earth’s orbit at whopping speeds, NASA’s centre for Near Earth Object Studies said. Astronomers at NASA’s Centre for Near Earth Object Studies are tracking two giant asteroids that are set to collide with Earth’s orbit. The cosmos will be kicking off February with a…
Finally Found a Dinosaur’s Butthole, and It’s Pooping
Scientists were able to describe the cloaca, which included a fossilized piece of dinosaur poo, in detail for the first time. A dinosaur that died some 120 million years ago has left behind such an exquisitely preserved cloacal opening—an orifice used for defecation, urination, and copulation—that scientists have been able to describe this multi-purpose organ in detail for the…
Scientists Have Proposed a New Particle That Is a Portal to a 5th Dimension
The path to dark matter and other fundamental enigmas may be through a warped extra dimension, according to a new study that proposes a new theory of the universe. Scientists want to search for a hypothetical particle that can act as a portal to a warped fifth dimension that mediates the cosmic realms of light and dark….
Physicists have discovered that rotating black holes might serve as portals for hyperspace travel
Scientists once thought that traveling into a black hole would kill you. But now, physicists have run computer simulations to show that certain types of black holes — large, rotating ones — could serve as portals for hyperspace travel. Some physicists believe that you’d arrive at a remote part of the Milky Way or perhaps in another galaxyaltogether. One of the safest passageways might…
Here’s what we know about the signal from Proxima Centauri
The best candidate for an extraterrestrial message in 42 years is probably An enigmatic radio signal from the direction of Proxima Centauri, the Sun’s nearest stellar neighbor, has set the internet ablaze with rumor and speculation. It could turn out to be the real deal — a calling card from another civilization. More likely, it’s much ado…
Mystery anomaly weakens Earth’s magnetic field, report scientists
A strange weakness in the Earth’s protective magnetic field is growing and possibly splitting, shows data. “The South Atlantic Anomaly” in the Earth’s magnetic field is growing and possibly splitting, shows data. The information was gathered by the ESA’s Swarm Constellation mission satellites. The changes may indicate the coming reversal of the North and South Poles. A…
Black Mamba: The Deadliest Snake In The World – Facts And Pictures
Black Mamba is the World’s most deadliest snake. What is the black mamba?Black mambas are fast, nervous, lethally venomous, and when threatened, highly aggressive. They have been blamed for numerous human deaths, and African myths exaggerate their capabilities to legendary proportions. For these reasons, the black mamba is widely considered the world’s deadliest snake. Range and characteristics…
Japan’s solution to space junk problem is wooden satellites that would burn up upon reentry
NASA estimated more than a decade ago that 95% of manmade objects in orbit were space junk. Japanese researchers are working on satellite technology that would use wood components to eliminate excess space junk, allowing objects to burn up upon reentry to Earth’s atmosphere, according to a new report. Sumitomo Forestry, a 400-year-old Japanese woodworking company, is partnering with Kyoto University to…
Ancient Life “Wakes Up” After 100 Million Years Under the Seafloor
Deep below the seafloor, locked in a layer of 100 million-year-old rock, a lifeform quietly lives. It’s not quite Godzilla, nor a long-lost Megalodon, but it does go to show how life on Earth can dwell under the most extreme and bizarre circumstances. Scientists have recently discovered that communities of microbes living beneath the seafloor are able to survive…
DNA’s Hidden Layer Is Real, and Physicists Are Finding More Proof
Physicists confirm the presence of a second layer if information in DNA that determines how it folds and what kind of cells it creates. ROBBY BERMAN11 June, 2016 A digital representation of the human genome August 15, 2001 at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City. Each color represents one the four chemical compenents…
The spy satellite that can see INSIDE your apartment and take ‘crystal clear’ pictures even through clouds
Capella Space’s Capella-2 satellite is capable of 50cm x 50cm resolution imaging with its Spotlight mode This allows for long exposures up to 60 seconds over an area which results in ‘crystal clear’ imagery Unlike other commercial satellites, Capella-2 can see through dense clouds and operate at night This technology is called Synthetic Aperture Radar, which has been used by…
This Car Is Powered By Salt Water: 760HP, Top Speed 186 MPH, 621 Miles/Tank
German company Nanoflow Cell unveiled a sleek looking fully electric Quant 48Volt at the Geneva Motor Show this year with the goal of the company bringing the first production car in the world to be powered by saltwater. The Quant 48Volt has two tanks of liquid with dissolved metallic salt which gives them opposite charges. The liquid…
Jupiter and Saturn Will Align to Create the First “Christmas Star” in Nearly 800 Years
Jupiter and Saturn Will Align to Create the First “Christmas Star” in Nearly 800 Years Chanel VargasDecember 2, 2020·2 min read As 2020 comes to a close, the solar system has decided to grace us with a cosmic Christmas miracle that hasn’t been witnessed in nearly 800 years. On Dec. 21 (aka the December solstice), Jupiter and…
Facebook is constructing a huge undersea cable around Africa to boost internet access in the continent
KEY POINTS Facebook is building a 37,000-kilometer long undersea cable around Africa to provide it with better internet access. The subsea cable will interconnect 23 countries in Africa, the Middle East and Europe, Facebook says. The move highlights increased interest from Silicon Valley companies in Africa. Facebook announced on May 14 that it is building a 37,000-kilometer…
World’s largest solar telescope in Hawaii releases its first image of 10,000-mile wide sunspot that could fit the entire Earth inside
The Inouye Solar Telescope captured its first image of a sunspot The image achieved a spatial resolution about 2.5 times higher than others The sunspot measures 10,000 miles across and its center is is 7,500F The world’s largest solar telescope captured its first image of a sunspot and just shared it to the world. The US National Science Foundation’s…
JUPITER AND SATURN TO LINE UP TO AS ‘DOUBLE PLANET’ FOR THE FIRST SINCE MIDDLE AGES, ASTRONOMERS SAY
Jupiter and Saturn are about to line up in a way not seen since the Middle Ages, astronomers say. When the sun sets on 21 December – the winter solstice – people looking up to the sky will see Jupiter and Saturn closer than anyone alive has ever seen them before. It will be the first time that such a sight has…
Space hotel with artificial gravity will be in orbit by 2025
Space hotel with artificial gravity will be in orbit by 2025 The Von Braun Space Station, based on the concepts of a controversial scientist, is moving ahead with construction plans. PAUL RATNER 31 August, 2019 Credit: on Braun Space Station. The Gateway Foundation is building a space hotel, based on the concepts of a Nazi and American…
Scientists Successfully Reverse Human Ageing Process (Pics)
– Breathing pure oxygen may help to reverse the ageing process, scientists claim. Researchers used oxygen therapy to reverse two key indicators of ageing; 35 healthy adults aged 64 and older were placed into pressurised chamber, Sessions lasted 90 minutes and took place for five days a week for three months. Scientists claim they have successfully reversed…
GOOD NEWS!!! Team Nigeria Wins Huawei Global Competition
Team Nigeria, comprising of some Nigerian students from the University of Ibadan, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, and University of Port Harcourt, have won the grand first place position out of over 150,000 students that participated in the Cloud and Network examination at the 2020 Huawei ICT Competition. The students were honored for their achievement at an online…
Mysterious Beast Washes Up On Greek Island. Does Anyone Know Its Name? (Photos)
A MYSTERIOUS creature that washed up on a beach after a storm has baffled residents on Greek island Crete. The hairless, four-legged animal – which resembles a small hippo – was spotted near a river in tourist resort Gournes. It washed up after days of bad weather lashed the coast near Heraklion. Images shared online show the…
Complete Skeleton Of Duelling Dinosaurs From 67 million Years Ago Revealed (Pix)
First complete T-rex skeleton locked in a fight to the death with a Triceratops is finally revealed to the public after being buried for 67 million years in Montana The ‘Duelling Dinosaurs’ were found in 2006 in Montana, US by a cattle rancher cowboy and two of his friends. 67 million-year-old remains of T-rex and Triceratops reveal…
Giant Alligator Strolling Across Florida Golf (Photos, Video)
Terrified social media users have marvelled at the sheer size of an alligator caught on camera at Valencia Golf and Country Club in Florida. Local Jeff Jones filmed the humongous creature from his buggy, as it took a stroll around the course. American Alligators have been known to grow huge in size, with the biggest ever captured…
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Prejudiced? My kids are black, says Kate
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