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Dodo, the Flightless Bird That Was Hunted By Man and Beast Into Extinction

“Its meat tasted like chicken” went one of the famous legends about the Dodo. “It looked like an ostrich, only with a larger beak” went another. How true are these claims, and what facts have paleontologists been able to piece together about this unfortunate bird whose existence lies only in the past? Dear Dodo The Dodo inhabited the island […]

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Science Shows How We Flush Billions of Naira Down the Drain Yearly

Scientists have found trace amounts of copper, gold and silver in sewage as well as lost jewelry which they believe get into the sewers through a myriad of ways. What Are the Sources? They can get into sewers from precious metals which are increasingly being used in shampoos, cleaning products, cosmetics and detergents; shavings from

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Answers To Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About Airplanes, Flying, and Safety

Ever flown on a plane? If yes, have you ever caught yourself mulling over dark thoughts like: What will happen if the plane gets struck by lightning? How safe is it to fly on an airplane? And how effective are the safety precautions? Well, you have good reasons to! After all, you are more or

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Hey Teens! How Well Do You Know The Camera?

There’s no better way to describe the camera than to call it the artificial representation of the human eye. This is so because the functionalities of the Camera are similar, if not the same as those of the human eye. But then this post is not about comparing the eye with the camera, but rather

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The 6 Easy Steps For Converting From Decimal to Sexagesimal (121.135° to 121°8’6″)

As a student of Mathematics, you often deal with degrees when measuring angles be it in Bearing, Latitude and Longitude or Geometry. You will often find degrees given in decimal, like this example, 121.135°; instead of the more common degrees, minutes, and seconds (121°8′6″).  So, what if you have to make a conversion from decimal

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