First Lady, Mrs. Patience Jonathan has said that Nigerians must ensure that a significant percentage of the country’s young people, especially girls, acquire university education. “There is a popular saying tha […]

The Second Edition of the Social Media Week Lagos which hosted Africa’s largest Social Media gathering has just rounded up in the past week. Passnownow.com’s “How Nigerian Secondary School Students are going dig […]

 
It is billed as the world’s smallest electric vehicle – and can even be folded up for commuters to take on the train.
The Urb-E can reach speeds of 15mph, and even has space for a handbag or briefcase.
When […]

Few things could be as easy as cleaning your teeth – or so you’d think.
Apply toothpaste to brush, stick brush in mouth, give the old pearly whites a good scrub, then rinse.
It seems, however, that many of us […]

 
Topic: Freehand Sketching
When we see a photograph of an object, we understand immediately its message. If we are tghinking of an imaginary object, we cannot take its photograph immediately as we can only […]

 
It’s hard to tell whether Erik Åberg is a magician or a designer—maybe it’s a little bit of both. Åberg is the creator of Ghostcubes, a cardboard system of folding boxes that, in his hands, demonstrate perf […]

A loving grandfather has built this amazing replica lamborghini to drive his grandson around in style.

The incredible imitation Italian sports car can even reach 26 mph and only cost £500 (138,311) to […]

 
Robots will be smarter than the most intelligent humans within the next 15 years, Google’s engineering head has predicted.
Computers will soon be able to learn from experience, tell jokes and even flirt, ac […]

WELCOME to the First Edition of Passnownow Tweets of the Week. This column summarises our interview with important personalities on Twitter.
Today, our interviewee was Ogunyemi Bukola (@zebbook) – the fa […]

One of the most famous quotes of the revered Nelson Mandela is about education:
Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.
Here are a few other Mandela quotes about the […]

Stakeholders in Nigeria’s education sector have said that government’s inability to alleviate the fundamental challenges in the sector is responsible for the poor performance of students in the qualifying exa […]

What good is a nifty new device if you don’t know how to use it? What’s the purpose of loading up your new iPad Air with a gazillion apps if you never figure out how to properly use them in the cla […]

When Emily Watson and Julianne Goldmark were eighth graders (secondary school students) making homemade hair ties from fabric in California, it was a fun, inexpensive way to recreate the elaborate headbeads worn […]

 
Having hundreds of Facebook friends may seem like the ultimate sign of popularity and happiness, yet it could actually suggest the opposite.
Researchers from Maine compared personality traits to levels of […]

In teaching and learning, teachers have a very important task of not only making the subject fun for their students, but also keeping them interested in coming to class, either through their personality or […]

University of  Lagos is set to name a 15-storey girls hostel after Dame Patience Goodluck Jonathan this Friday.
At a briefing  yesterday, the Deputy Vice Chancellor, Professor Duro Oni, said the 15-storey b […]

Experts have been predicting the demise of passwords for years, but the problem is no-one can agree what to replace them with.
Firms are already experimenting with biometric scanners and card readers, yet […]

You know those genius, almost sentient quadcopters that can learn new skills like juggle balls, fly in tandem, work together, go through hoops, attach themselves to wall and basically do things that will […]

There are a ton of tiny truths you’ll uncover during your teenage years, but one of the most unexpected ones is this: The older you get, the tougher it is to make friends. That said, as you grow up and find […]

 
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 […]