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We call it Zobo locally but it is known as Hibiscus Sabdariffa or Roselle in most other English speaking countries. Zobo drink is a popular street-side juice usually sold in refill bottles. Zobo is a supplemental herb that is derived the plants calyces, which are the collection of sepals separating the blooming flower from the […]

  All parts of the moon, with the exception of the corners of some deep craters that are in permanent shadow, are illuminated by the sun half the time. There is, however, a far side of the moon, which Earth-based observers never get to see, and which remained one of the great mysteries of nature

  Visual perception is tricky business. Just take a look at this clever new video posted by magician-turned-psychologist Richard Wiseman — and see if you can figure out where that bottle comes from before Wiseman explains. Stumped? Don’t worry. The camera is set up in a way that will keep tricking your mind no matter

A Dartmouth study has found that children with televisions in their bedrooms weighed one pound more on average than kids who didn’t have TVs in their rooms. That one pound, however, is just the beginning. While that single-digit weight gain is where the difference starts, Red Orbit reports that kids who have TVs in their

When your teen is angry and screaming at you, the temptation for many of us is to fight back and scream louder so you “win” the argument. But what does that do? It’s natural to want to push back or stand up for yourself if someone pushes your buttons or provokes you in some way.

Peer pressure doesn’t just come from sketchy people trying to sell you cocaine and LSD. A lot of the time, peer pressure can sneak up on you without you even recognizing it and perhaps even without the people who are pressuring you doing it intentionally. This is where the “recognize” in “PREVAIL” comes into play

  An attempt made on Tuesday to unravel why the young girl killed herself yielded no success as no one could give  any reason behind the alleged suicide. A resident, who pleaded anonymity, said the girl was full of life in the morning of the fateful day. “I am terribly surprised because I saw that

You may think it might be the common mint flavour of toothpaste clashing with other flavours, but in the case of orange juice and many other things, this isn’t actually what’s going on. The culprit here is thought to be two compounds almost universally added to toothpastes -sodium lauryl sulfate and sodium lauryl ether sulfate,

An asteroid the size of three double decker buses and travelling at 33,000 mph came closer to Earth than the Moon last night. At 21:07 GMT (22:07 CAT), the asteroid made its closest approach, reaching a distance of less than 217,000 miles (350,000 km), or nine-tenths of the distance between the moon and Earth. Scientists