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This Company Wants To Pay You To Study SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING & MATHEMATICS

On Tuesday, June 14, Oracle – a leading business software maker – donated ₦597 million to an earlier ₦40 billion support fund targeted at empowering and engaging girls and women worldwide into studying Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics or STEM. While the first installation was to encourage young people around the world to study STEM, this

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How To Reduce the Population of Mosquitoes Using a Device Made From Old Tyres

This device is known as an ovillanta – which when translated loosely from Spanish means tyre for laying eggs. It was developed by Gerardo Ulibarri Ph.D, an associate professor of medicinal chemistry and eco-health at Laurentian University in Sudbury, Ontario. He developed it as a means of destroying the larvae of the Aedes mosquito, a genus of mosquito that carries the

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The Experiment That Wants To Determine If Humans Can Grow Food In Space

As part of an experiment to determine the sustainability of life in space; returning astronaut, Scott Kelly returned with seeds of a vegetable – the salad leaf rocket – which had been carefully sorted and packed in space, and are to be distributed to 8,500 schools, children’s clubs and societies that have signed up for

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How Would You Like the Experience of Attending a School That Floats On the Sea?

When most of us think school, we think solid ground and four walls. Perhaps, you are more technologically inclined, you may think tablets, smartphones and computers, as these provide access to online education. But I bet the thought of a school out at sea wouldn’t cross your mind, yet, that is the only option for

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See Fun and Creative Ways Teachers and Students Are Using SNAPCHAT

In the words of Evan Spiegel, co-founder and CEO of Snapchat: We have made it very hard for parents to embarrass their children. It’s much more for sharing personal moments than it is about public display. That being the case, how then can this mobile messaging app, popular for its short, disappearing photos and videos enhance

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MLW 2016: The 13 Year Old Who Wants To Change the Way You Learn

Manon Van Hoorebeke is a 13 year old from Belgium, who was named European Digital Girl of the Year in 2014, and is the youngest panelist at UNESCO flagship ICT in education event, Mobile Learning Week 2016 – #MLW2016 – as part of a panel discussing  relevance of learning. In an interview after the event,

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Does Cell Phone Usage Really Cause Cancer and Brain Tumours?

The simple truth is that talking or texting on a cell phone uses the same kind of radio frequency radiation you would find in a microwave, Yahoo! reports. It is comprised of frequencies, modulation patterns, and other characteristics that make it biologically disruptive. That disruption may cause serious health problems for us. Cell phone radiation

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