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There’s no question that science has gone a long way toward solving some of nature’s deepest mysteries — everything from finding what black holes are made of to why zebras have stripes. But there are still many scientific mysteries yet to be solved. And you’ll learn about 10 of them in the video (above) […]
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Sticking with recorded history, the answer might surprise you. It’s not elephants, which live for about 30 or 40 years. It’s not giant tortoises either, even though they often ripen to be well over 100 years old. It’s not even that record-breaking, 507-year-old Arctic clam named Ming. Nope, the longest-living animal in the world is
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If you have always found doing sums a struggle, you might just be able to blame your mother. Because research has linked a woman’s hormone levels in pregnancy with her child’s maths skills at age five. Boys and girls whose mothers were very low in the hormone thyroxine were almost twice as likely to do
(By Tommy Odemwingie) I have seen – and experienced – the worst and best of education in Nigeria. Being a beneficiary of the Awolowo-inspired free education programme in the defunct Western Region, I experienced learning under a mango tree, before graduating to learning in an uncompleted classroom. Part of my secondary education – at the
Edo State needs more than science teachers – Odemwingie Read More »
Sometimes, the things that will lure students to be interested in a particular subject isn’t found in the material itself, but in related topics that they might not necessarily know are related. Science and maths tend to be the subjects that crawl to the top of that list most often. Students may be fascinated by
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Scientists have announced they are closer than ever to the ‘holy grail’ of biochemistry: artificial photosynthesis. By observing the first stage of the process in action, they say they’ve got a better understanding of how plans turn carbon dioxide into oxygen. And ultimately it may be an important step to a future where artificial plants
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The average giraffe weighs a ton — literally. How do giraffes’ spindly legs stand up to that immense weight without buckling? Researchers at the Royal Veterinary College in London may have found the answer. “It turns out that the suspensory ligament plays an important role,” Dr. John Hutchinson, a professor of evolutionary biomechanics at the
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Purdue University’s Ph. D. student Caleb Trujillo posted this infographic explaining the top five misconceptions about evolution—misconceptions that are believed by many to be true and widely used by creationists to attack evolution.
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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 until
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