Your sperm could be in danger…

According to research, it has been shown that pesticides used in killing rodents and insecticides used in houses for killing insects could reduce the quality of sperm in men. It has been proved through the findings that many environmental factors affect the quality of sperm, and these include pesticides and insecticides which are damaging to sperm producing organs. “Pesticides and insecticides...

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Facebook android phone?

Facebook has sent its invitation out (again) to the press to “come see our new home on android” next Thursday, April 4th at its Menlo Park headquarters. Since the home was not specified in the Facebook invitation, several rumours have been flying around about what Facebook is trying to build with the android OS (Operating System). There has been collaboration between Facebook and phone-making...

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Facts and Stats: How big is the biggest fish in the World?

The earth as we all know, or to be on the safe side contains 30% of land mass and the remaining 70% is water. It is safe to conclude that humans have explored more from the 30% than from the 70%. A foray into the most popular animal in the entire water body is not a bad idea; in fact it is a wonderful idea. The so called creature is the fish. Fish breathe in water with their gills unlike human...

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Google to test for advancement of internet usage via ‘white space’ in South Africa

The American mega tech company Google is set to exploit “white space”, the gaps between TV broadcast signals which have great potential for wireless broadband. This is because the frequencies are low and this enables signals to travel over relatively long distance. This is expected to be of great application in rural areas, but at the risk of interfering with other transmissions. Google Google...

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Nnamdi Azikiwe University wins Africa Geo-sciences competition

Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, out of the eight Nigerian universities that participated in an African geo-sciences competition has emerged the winner of the competition. Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE ...

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From steam engine trains to maglev trains; history and evolution of the fastest form of land transportation

Once upon a time, there was a man who tapped into the much acclaimed infinite wisdom and brought out the first of what is now the fastest form of land transportation. This man started something that have not benefitted many Nigerians but have benefitted many more in other countries worldwide. This mystery man is Englishman George Stephenson. George Stephenson in 1822 invented the first train...

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Eyes control and other things to know about the recently launched Samsung galaxy S4

Following the big success of the Samsung galaxy S3, the South Korean company is set to release another of the galaxy S series on the 26th of April this year. There was a launch earlier at an event centre in New York on the 14th of this month. Samsung galaxy S3 gave us many things as a phone and it is arguably the best mobile phone yet but that is not the point of this post. However, we want you...

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This week in history: the most important dates and events

This is the week starting 17th of March and ending 23rd of March. We want to remind you of various events that occurred in the past years during these days. This is a walk into the past where many things had happened, both positive and negative. Here we go;  March 17 On the 17th of March, 1992, nearly 69 percent of white South African voters backed F.W. de Klerk’s reforms—which included...

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Observations about the newly released 2013 Forbes rich list

Forbes has released its annual world’s billionaires list for 2013 and there are certain things that caught the eye in this year’s list. As expected, some have gained and some have lost over the course of the past year. To cut the long story short, here are the most obvious observations about this year’s list; 1.      This year’s list contains 1,426 billionaires, an all-time...

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Eyes control and other things to know about the recently launched Samsung galaxy S4

Following the big success of the Samsung galaxy S3, the South Korean company is set to release another of the galaxy S series on the 26th of April this year. There was a launch earlier at an event centre in New York on the 14th of this month. Samsung galaxy S3 gave us many things as a phone and it is arguably the best mobile phone yet but that is not the point of this...

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Personalized Newspaper: Things to expect from changes to Facebook’s News feed

In continuation of the news about Facebook inviting reporters to show them a new form of News feed on Thursday, which featured on this blog, Facebook has shown reporters the new form of the news feed. Facebook The new form has not been implemented on every users’ account. The new News feed is being tested on some selected accounts. It is expected that the News feed...

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EU fines Microsoft $732m for breach of agreement

The European Union on Wednesday (6th March, 2013) fined Microsoft Corporation $732 million for failing to offer consumers who use the company’s Windows operating system a choice of web browser. This is a charge that is expected to act as a warning to other technology firms involved in antitrust disputes with the EU. Microsoft Corporation EU said the US Company had broken...

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Mobile phones to catch up with world population in 2014- UN

The United Nations’ telecommunication on Thursday (28th Feb, 2013) said the number of mobile phones worldwide is set to catch up to the globes population next year. The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) said mobile subscribers will reach 7 billion next year. “More than half of all mobile subscriptions are now in Asia, which remains the powerhouse of market growth,” the ITU said...

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Facebook to change its look of News feed.

The biggest social networking website Facebook yesterday (Friday, 1st of March) invited reporters to a news conference next Thursday at its Menlo Park headquarters to “come see a new look for News feed”. Facebook Invite This could be a big announcement in the running of the social site. Facebook has made changes in recent years to the look of the site with some leading...

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