It had already been confirmed as the oldest animal that ever lived. But scientists who accidentally killed Ming the Mollusc, a deep sea clam dredged from the North Atlantic, have now discovered it was 100 years older than previously thought. Following painstaking analysis, experts from Bangor University reckon the animal was born in 1499, making

  Forget wireless or portable phone chargers, a pair of engineering students have created a device that could charge a phone’s battery using Wi-Fi. The device uses so-called metamaterials that can capture energy waves and convert them into an electric current. The amount of voltage the device creates is also said to be more powerful

  A teacher at a girls’ school has pleaded guilty to using a mobile phone to look up teenagers’ skirts and film them from behind.  Paul Andrew Daw, 48, appeared at Wirral magistrates court (Liverpool, England) accused of five charges of outraging public decency, and one of making an indecent image of a child. Daw,

Leaders of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, yesterday, suspended indefinitely the union’s National Executive Council, NEC, meeting planned to hold in Kano over the tragic auto-crash that claimed the life of ASUU former President, Professor Festus Iyayi, on Tuesday morning. Thousands of students who had kept vigil, waiting for the outcome of ASUU

  The wife of Ewi of Ado-Ekiti, Bosede Adejuyigbe, urged women to watch their children and ward’s dressing at home before they leave the house. On Wednesday, she advocated a law to punish indecently dressed youths in Ekiti. Mrs. Adejuyigbe, who made the call at a law week organised by female lawyers in the state, also

  Eight students of Ajangbadi High School in Iba Local Council Development Area, LCDA, Lagos went into coma after the railing of the two-storey building in the school collapsed. The incident which caused pandemonium in the school premises occurred at about 10:00 a.m. as the students were leaning on the rail on the second floor

  After the tragic passing of the former president of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, Prof. Festus Iyayi, who died on Tuesday in a car accident on Lokoja-Abuja Expressway, it was decided to postpone the planned NEC meeting. Yesterday, as Iyayi was returning from the meeting in one of the Northern ASUU chapters,

  Active learning is generally the best method of studying because it is proven to be the most beneficial to students. Active learning also yields impressive grades to the students. But what does it takes to be an active learner? An active learner is one who always attends his/her classes regularly and makes sure that

  Not too long ago, Pearson (the ginormous education company – yes it’s a technical term) put out a few really interesting videos about teachers who are shaking up online learning. They’re talking about innovation in online learning – and not the innovation that has driven new technologies. They’re talking about the type of innovation

  The easiest way to create and organize your own study group is to form a group with whom you share the same motivation and purpose. Students tend to choose the ones that they are close too: their friends in class. However, it is not advisable to have your friends as your study buddies if