Every February 14 in Nigeria, and other places around the world, it is typical to have candy, flowers and gifts exchanged between loved ones, all in the name of St. Valentine. But who was this mysterious saint, […]

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Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation’s Science without Borders® Challenge is an international art competition that engages students to promote the need […]

In phonetics, free variation is an alternative pronunciation of a word (or of a phoneme in a word) that doesn’t affect the word’s meaning.
Free variation is free in the sense that it doesn’t result in a different […]

Unlike most other aquatic animals, dolphins do not have gills because they are not fishes but cetaceans. Gills in fishes are adapted to help them breath while underwater, the gills function by absorbing dissolved […]

Upon scoring 124 points in her JAMB exam, Salewa would tell anyone who asked that “JAMB gave me that score.”
It’s the same with Phillip who is of the opinion that anyone who gets straight As in WASSCE must have […]

In English grammar, a finite verb is a form of a verb that:

 shows agreement with a subject and
 is marked for tense.

If there is just one verb in a sentence, it is finite. (Put another way, a f […]

The animals featured here look harmless enough, but in real fact, they are blood-sucking vampires who have adapted several ingenious means to get their regular fix of blood meal. Mosquitoes may be bad, but they […]

Though scientists have not developed any magic love potions that make someone fall and stay in love with you, but there is a lot of chemistry involved in feeling attachment. And if you have ever wondered exactly […]

In the 2015 movie, Focus, starring Will Smith and Margot Robbie, two professional pickpockets, a scene plays out this way:

Jess (played by Margot Robbie) – an attractive blonde – bumps into a college student […]

Did you know that lead – a heavy metal – can contaminate your water supply?  Yes is the answer. The reason this is a possibility is because the source of drinking water for many people is open and unsafe. Also, […]

Male and female of any species of living things would normally have clearly different anatomies. As regards sharks, what are some of these differences?
Distinguishing the sex of a shark is easier than in most […]

Has your friend come down with the green fever? Or perhaps you are the one in whose possession the green-eyed snake, named Envy has found habitation. Into whatever spectrum you fall, check these pointers.
1. They […]

There are many words in English that have very similar definitions, so similar that it’s difficult to tell some of these words apart at times. Jealousy and envy are two such words.
People treat these words as s […]

Musa Keita I may have been born around 1280 CE, and became the tenth Mansa (meaning Sultan, King or Emperor) of the wealthy Mali Empire in West Africa when he acceded the throne in 1307 CE. […]

Have you considered the Endocrine System yet in Biology? If yes, they you would know the multifarious benefits of the thyroid – especially how it is responsible for growth and development, and the breaking down of […]

The ocean ranges in depth from 0 to more than 36,000 feet deep (about 11km). The average depth of the ocean is about 12,100 feet, which is more than 3km!  The deepest known point in the ocean is more than 11km […]