Researchers have warned that urinating in swimming pools could lead to health problems. Scientists found that compounds in urine mix with chlorine can cause chemicals that have been linked to respiratory effects in swimmers to form. They warned swimmers to stop the common practice after analysing samples. ‘If swimmers avoided urinating in pools, then air
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All the best school science experiments carry at least a hint of danger. But when 13-year-old Jamie Edwards informed his stunned headmaster of his plan to build a nuclear reactor in a classroom, the obvious question was: ‘Will it blow the school up?’ Fortunately, in a victory for the spirit of amateur scientific discovery over
(By Stefan Etienne) Perhaps it is the years of experience I’ve had, in front of a computer, a laptop or some sort of device with a screen. Talking about technology, attending press events in NYC and meeting the industry’s most interesting people — all older than me, but all with the same childish hunger to
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A round-up of the best tweets of the week from our interview on twitter that had Dupe Killa (@dupekilla) – discuss extensively on Nigerian Education and the way forward.
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(By Jennifer Carey) When adopting technology in the classroom, one of the key concerns for teachers and administrators is classroom management. I am often asked if there is a way to “lock down an iPad screen” or “ensure students cannot go to inappropriate websites” (e.g. Social Media). In other words, how do we keep students
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A 400-level Law student of Obafemi Awolowo University, OAU, Ile-Ife, Ige Dipo, has committed suicide at his residence outside the campus of the university few days after his lover broke up with him. It was authoritatively gathered that Dipo, said to be above average academically by his colleagues, was found dead in his apartment at
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Despite the Federal Government’s plea to chairmen of Governing Councils of Federal polytechnics to prevail on striking polytechnic staff to accept government’s offer to pay the outstanding CONTISS 15 arrears in two instalments for the immediate resolution of the ongoing strike, students in the over 20 federal polytechnics and several other state polytechnics would have
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Topic: Position; Distance, Displacement, Speed, Velocity and Distance-Time graph The position of a point in space is determined by its distance and direction from other points. The statement of position is accomplished by means of a frame of reference or point of reference, which we shall call the origin. Distance is the movement coverage
Topic: Periodic Table Introduction The most important classification in chemistry is the arrangement of the elements in the periodic table. In 1869, Mendeleev, a Russian scientist, was the first to construct a periodic table. He arranged the elements in order of increasing relative atomic mass. He pointed out that elements with similar properties kept
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Topic: Time; Concepts of Time, Ways of Measuring Time, i.e. Both Old and Modern Methods Both Galileo and Newton and most people up until the 20th century thought that time was the same for everyone everywhere. This is the basis for timelines, where time is a parameter. Our modern conception of time is based