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Between a general and a president
Dwight Eisenhower was the four-star general of the United States army who went on to become the 34th president of the country after a blazing military career that saw him take charge of the Allied Forces during World War 2. His time as the supreme commander of the expeditionary forces ... | https://thenationonlineng.net/between-a-general-and-a-president/ | 1,370 | Politics | 3 | en | 0.999985 |
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As COVID-19 tests become more widely available across the US, scientists have warned about a growing concern: Many people with negative results might actually have the virus.
That could have devastating implications as a global recession looms and governments wrangle with the question of when to reo... | https://www.vanguardngr.com/2020/04/how-false-negatives-are-complicating-covid-19-testing/ | 1,045 | Health | 3 | en | 0.999964 |
Africans have been fighting slavery since early ADs. Lourenço da Silva Mendouça, the First world Abolitionist, was a Prince from the royal family of Ndongo Kingdom in Angola. He had successfully convinced authorities to end slavery in Europe. What Nafafé discovered is that in 1684, Mendonça went to the Vatican, where h... | https://www.modernghana.com/news/1183912/slaves-their-seller-chiefs-were-raided-by-arabs.html?_gl=1 | 1,458 | Culture | 3 | en | 0.999975 |
Our sexuality and gender can form a big part of our identity and those who don’t fit society’s heteronormative ideal can come up against more challenges. Those who identify as LGBTQ+ can be seen as ‘different’ by some, facing discrimination, bullying and a lack of understanding which can lead to mental health concerns.... | http://www.counselling-directory.org.uk/sexuality.html | 1,725 | Politics | 3 | en | 0.999998 |
Other forms: terrorists
Someone who uses violence, mayhem, and destruction — or the threat of those things — to coerce people or countries into taking a certain action is a terrorist. A terrorist may be motivated by religious fervor, politics, or just plain old-fashioned greed.
Terrorist has at its root the word "terro... | https://www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/terrorist | 144 | Politics | 3 | en | 0.999878 |
By Chioma Obinna
A new study released by the Lancet has shown that in 2022, more than 1 billion people in the world are now living with obesity.
It showed that worldwide, obesity among adults has more than doubled since 1990, and has quadrupled among children and adolescents (5 to 19 years of age).
The data also showed... | https://www.vanguardngr.com/2024/03/over-1-billion-people-worldwide-suffer-from-obesity-study | 729 | Health | 3 | en | 0.999971 |
By Sola Ogundipe
Happy new year! At times like this, it is usual to make resolutions. A common New Year resolution is to live healthier than last year. Part of living healthier is eating healthier. Consumption of fruits, vegetables, seeds and beans are all essential parts of a well-balanced and healthy diet, but beware... | http://www.vanguardngr.com/2017/01/beware-poisons-cooking-pot/ | 1,624 | Health | 3 | en | 0.999966 |
Many people ask why the God of the Bible, who is supposed to be loving and kind, would permit slavery to exist in ancient times. Why didn’t God stop slavery? If he is all-powerful, shouldn’t he have then used his sovereign control of all things to eliminate that which is oppressive? Critics of the Bible will often cite... | http://ow.ly/t5Ks50MCQ9c | 903 | Religion | 3 | en | 0.999998 |
To achieve the best overall outcome in a lighting installation, it is important to avoid the tendency of rushing straight into luminaire selection before determining more broadly what is required from the system. The use of a structured design process helps to avoid this.
The key steps in the design process are:
- Iden... | http://electrical-engineering-portal.com/7-key-steps-in-lighting-design-process | 3,039 | Education | 3 | en | 0.999989 |
What was Africa's greatest invention?
The first evidence of both mathematics and astronomy are in Africa. The stone circles in South Africa known as Adam's calendar may be the oldest human-made structure. The use of tally sticks and bones show people doing math up to 44,000 years ago.
What has Africa given to the world... | https://study.com/academy/lesson/ancient-african-inventions.html | 2,920 | Education | 4 | en | 0.999954 |
WASHINGTON – An experimental drug treatment can help monkeys survive an otherwise deadly infection with a tropical virus called Marburg, which is similar to Ebola, researchers said Wednesday.
The findings in the journal Science Translational Medicine could speed efforts to bring to market a drug treatment against Ebola... | http://www.vanguardngr.com/2014/08/drug-blocks-ebola-like-virus-monkey-tests/ | 790 | Health | 3 | en | 0.999939 |
An experimental Ebola vaccine appears safe and triggered signs of immune protection in the first 20 volunteers to test it, U.S. researchers reported Wednesday.
The vaccine is designed to spur the immune system's production of anti-Ebola antibodies, and people developed them within four weeks of getting the shots at the... | http://m.news24.com/nigeria/Lifestyle/Ebola-vaccine-seems-safe-in-first-stage-testing-20141127-3 | 460 | Politics | 3 | en | 0.999876 |
One continent, many nations
From Algerian to Zimbabwean, New Zealand’s African-born people form a kaleidoscope of cultures, languages and ethnicities. They represent over 40 countries in Africa, and include Europeans, Asians, Indians and Arabic people, as well as numerous black tribes.
Most of New Zealand’s African-bor... | http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/africans/page-1Who | 444 | Travel | 3 | en | 0.999962 |
Once, experts feared that young children exposed to more than one language would suffer “language confusion,” which might delay their speech development. Today, parents often are urged to capitalize on that early knack for acquiring language. Upscale schools market themselves with promises of deep immersion in Spanish ... | http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/11/health/views/11klass.html?ref=general&src=me&pagewanted=print | 476 | Family | 4 | en | 0.999872 |
Africans & Americans Are Not The Only Ones Stuck On Efficacy Of Chloroquine
Most high school science students are familiar with the functions of red and white blood cells. The white cells help fight off infections and other foreign invaders of our bodies. But sometimes, white cell cells overdo it, killing its own cells... | https://www.thenigerianvoice.com/amp/news/290678/africans-americans-are-not-the-only-ones-stuck-on-efficacy.html | 1,443 | Health | 3 | en | 0.999865 |
Birds of a feather don’t breed together
The fascinating phenomenon known as ‘ring species’ is sometimes quite incorrectly used to ‘prove’ evolution. The classic example is as follows.
In Britain, the herring gull is clearly a different species from the lesser black-backed gull. Not only can they be easily told apart, b... | https://creation.com/birds-of-a-feather-don-t-breed-together | 1,615 | Religion | 4 | en | 0.999989 |
World Water Day: Six side effects of not drinking enough water
Drinking water often helps to maintain a healthy balance. Mild dehydration can decrease one’s energy level and mental functioning and increase stress on the body while severe dehydration can have far more damaging effects.
To avoid dehydration drink at leas... | https://thenationonlineng.net/six-side-effects-of-not-drinking-enough-water/ | 375 | Health | 3 | en | 0.999968 |
The World Health Organisation (WHO) says the proportion of children under five years of age “chronically infected with hepatitis B (HBV)” dropped to just under one per cent in 2019.
WHO in a statement on Monday, said this was down from around five per cent in the pre-vaccine era, between the 1980s and the early 2000s.
... | https://www.vanguardngr.com/2017/12/faan-begins-palliative-repair-enugu-runway/Chronic | 513 | Politics | 3 | en | 0.999907 |
The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) says more than 300,000 women die annually during pregnancy and childbirth.
Prof. Babatunde Osotimehin, UNFPA Executive Director, disclosed this at the occasion of International Day of the Midwife, which honoured midwives as family ‘partners for life’.
He urged governments and ... | http://www.vanguardngr.com/2017/05/unfpa-says-300000-women-die-annually-pregnancy-childbirth/ | 540 | Health | 3 | en | 0.999987 |
When we hear the statement “Things fall apart”, what comes to mind? Right! we all know it’s Chinua Achebe’s book.
The book “Things fall apart”, is one of the first recognised novel, which was written by an African writer. Achebe wrote the book from an absolute African perspective, though there are elements of British c... | https://olatorera.com/chinua-achebes-greatest-book-of-all-time/ | 372 | Literature | 3 | en | 0.999989 |
SCIENTISTS say they have found how the lethal Ebola virus blocks and disables the body’s ability to battle infections in a discovery that should help the search for potential cures and vaccines.
A group of scientists in the United States found that Ebola carries a protein called VP24 that interferes with a molecule cal... | http://www.vanguardngr.com/2014/08/scientists-discover-ebola-virus-disables-immune-response/#sthash.ru5HhPBG.dpuf | 423 | Health | 3 | en | 0.999983 |
What is Emotional Intelligence?
Emotions are present in everything you think, do, and say each day on the job, in your career, and throughout your life. Emotional intelligence (EQ) is how you handle yourself and others. Your EQ taps into a fundamental element of human behavior that is distinct from your intellect and p... | http://www.talentsmart.com/about/emotional-intelligence.php | 634 | Education | 3 | en | 0.99999 |
In recent weeks, one of the hottest questions about the coronavirus has been focused around, quite literally, temperature.
President Trump has suggested that the coronavirus outbreak will be gone by April because “the heat generally speaking kills this kind of virus,” as reported by USA Today. He has appointed Vice Pre... | https://thehill.com/changing-america/well-being/prevention-cures/485052-trump-says-coronavirus-will-die-off-in-warmer | 353 | Health | 4 | en | 0.999962 |
By Sola Ogundipe
Lassa virus is a member of the arenavirus family. The disease was first described in the 1950s, and the virus was identified in 1969, when two missionary nurses died from it in the town of Lassa in Nigeria.
During 2012 and 2013, more than 2900 cases were reported in widespread outbreaks that occurred a... | http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/01/what-you-should-know-about-lassa-fever/ | 723 | Health | 4 | en | 0.999992 |
The blue light from digital devices like smartphones could accelerate blindness, researchers found.
According to a research by the University of Toledo in the U.S., exposure to blue light continuously might cause poisonous molecules to be generated in the eye’s light-sensitive cells and lead to macular degeneration.
Re... | https://www.pmnewsnigeria.com/2018/08/13/blue-light-from-smartphones-could-accelerate-blindness-study/ | 352 | Phones | 4 | en | 0.999834 |
More than one and a half centuries after the trans-Atlantic slave trade ended, a new study shows how the brutal treatment of enslaved people has shaped the DNA of their descendants.
The report, which included more than 50,000 people, 30,000 of them with African ancestry, agrees with the historical record about where pe... | https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/23/science/23andme-african-ancestry.html | 279 | Culture | 4 | en | 0.999985 |
Scientists in California yesterday reported a major discovery that supports the emerging theory that life on earth began in clay rather than the sea.
The discovery, announced at a symposium, showed that ordinary clay contains two basic properties essential to life: the capacities to store and transfer energy. With such... | https://www.nytimes.com/1985/04/03/us/new-finding-backs-idea-that-life-started-in-clay-rather-than-sea.html | 403 | Religion | 3 | en | 0.999985 |
In recent years, the fashion industry has faced increasing scrutiny due to its negative environmental and social impacts. However, a new movement has emerged, championing eco-friendly and ethical fashion practices. Sustainable fashion aims to create clothing and accessories that have a reduced carbon footprint, are mad... | https://vocal.media/styled/sustainable-fashion-exploring-the-rise-of-eco-friendly-and-ethical-fashion-practices | 1,007 | Fashion | 4 | en | 0.999929 |
By Sola Ogundipe
Who is stronger, a man or a woman? If you say a man is stronger you are correct. If you say a woman is stronger, you are also correct. Both answers are right, depending, of course on the perspective of your reasoning. Being a man symbolises authority, firmness and toughness. The presence of a man evoke... | http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/01/im-stronger-man/ | 2,589 | Romance | 3 | en | 0.999933 |
The food we eat is at the heart of many cancers. In fact, up to 70% of cancers are thought to be preventable through diet. The other 30% has to do with genetics and environmental factors that you can’t control.
Here is a list of foods you must avoid to steer clear of cancer as shared by www.nutritionexp.com
Canned food... | https://www.pmnewsnigeria.com/2012/10/15/awo-the-best-president-nigeria-never-had-ojukwu/http://www.nigeriamasterweb.com/OjukwuConfirmed.htmlhttp://www.vanguardngr.com/2017/05/anambra-2017-ojukwu-left-biafra-apga-ndigbo/Read | 1,385 | Politics | 3 | en | 0.999996 |
Off the main road in this unassuming town, a footpath that snakes through the thick bush and trees of the Nigerian rain forest leads to the remains of what is certainly one of the largest monuments in sub-Saharan Africa: a 100-mile-long wall and moat whose construction began a millennium ago.
The monument, called Sungb... | http://www.nytimes.com/1999/09/20/world/eredo-journal-a-wall-a-moat-behold-a-lost-yoruba-kingdom.html | 323 | Culture | 3 | en | 0.999966 |
STUDIES confirm Nigeria as one of the world’s poorest countries. Nigeria has one-fifth of Africa’s population, more than 80 million Nigerians live on less than $1 per day, the standard international bar for poverty.
The intensity of poverty in Nigeria was reported in a 2005 study, which states, “80 to 90 million Nigeri... | http://www.vanguardngr.com/2011/03/wanted-a-president-for-nigerias-poor/ | 655 | Politics | 3 | en | 0.999971 |
Yams were first domesticated by African farmers 7,000 years ago. Today, 48.1 million tons of yams are produced annually across 4.4 million hectares of land in West Africa’s “Yam Belt”—which extends from Cote D’Ivoire to Nigeria, representing over 90 percent of the global production.
Yam provides the most important sour... | https://www.channelstv.com/2020/05/04/covid-19-mysterious-deaths-rock-jigawa-local-council/Things | 132 | Health | 3 | en | 0.999983 |
The Jehovah’s Witnesses frequently insert the name “Jehovah” into the New Testament in places that the Greek manuscripts contain the word “kurios” (which actually means “master” or “Lord”). They justify this practice by claiming that the original New Testament contained the Hebrew name YHWH (which they translate as Jeh... | http://ow.ly/HRlG50MjEU2 | 1,367 | Religion | 3 | en | 1 |
Either for hobby or as a real opportunity to find a job, with countless resources on the internet (most of them free), learning a new programming language has never been as easy as it is today. But even with the overwhelming information that’s out there, choosing a programming language to learn can be a daunting task. ... | http://www.slant.co/topics/25/~what-is-the-best-programming-language-to-learn-first | 186 | Programming | 3 | en | 0.999996 |
Can grow up to 4ft long!
Glass Lizard Scientific Classification
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Glass Lizard Facts
“The glass lizard has no legs but is not a snake, making it a unique and interesting member of the reptile kingdom.”
The glass lizar... | https://a-z-animals.com/animals/glass-lizard/ | 3,168 | Religion | 3 | en | 0.999989 |
Ethiopia is one of the oldest countries in the world, preserved until now. It is this state that helped to establish Islam by adopting its territory and providing protection to the first Muslims who resettled there because of the oppression of the pagans of Mecca. How is Islam in Ethiopia today?
Its story reflected ten... | https://www.modernghana.com/news/895800/how-islam-gain-roots-in-ethiopia-the-historical-symbol-of.html | 1,388 | Religion | 3 | en | 0.999992 |
Scientists have long known what causes sickle-cell disease and its devastating effects: a single mutation in one errant gene. But for decades, there has been only modest progress against an inherited condition that mainly afflicts people of African descent.
With advances in gene therapy, that is quickly changing — so m... | https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/27/health/sickle-cell-gene-therapy.html?emc=edit_na_20190127&nl=breaking-news&nlid=54795170ing-news&ref=cta | 293 | Health | 3 | en | 0.999958 |
Don’t fall for the bait and switch
Sloppy language leads to sloppy thinking
YES and NO
We observe variation, mutation and natural selection in living things.
Evolutionists call this ‘evolution’, and this is why they claim that evolution is true.
We see how the environment affects the survival of these different animals... | https://creation.com/don-t-fall-for-the-bait-and-switch | 880 | Religion | 3 | en | 0.999992 |
A profile on the Black Hebrew Israelite movement:
Founder: Various leaders for different sects. There is no primary leader today. First started in the United States before the Civil War.
Headquarters: Various major cities across the United States with state chapters. There does not appear to be a central headquarter of... | https://carm.org/black-hebrew-israelites | 5,639 | Religion | 3 | en | 0.999922 |
Jen has taught Science in accredited schools in North & South America for twenty years and has a degree in Sociology (Epidemiology & Aids Research). Her work in quantitative data has been published in the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America & Cambridge University Press.
Quantum physics is trick... | https://study.com/academy/lesson/quantum-physics-lesson-for-kids-explanation-facts.html | 908 | Religion | 4 | en | 0.999992 |
Ask yourself these questions before reading further!
You discovered one of your siblings, children, relatives or family member always act feminin. Would you because of that hate the person? hurt the person or kill the person because of feminism? The same way you love them, kindly spread the love to the ones you're not ... | https://vocal.media/pride/is-feminism-in-male-natural | 2,069 | Health | 4 | en | 0.999865 |
Once upon a time, millions of children all over the world were afflicted by a crippling, incurable and fatal infectious disease known as poliomyelitis (polio). Today, the world is heaving a sigh of relief because polio is on the verge of eradication. While experts note that ending polio will be an historic feat for hum... | http://www.vanguardngr.com/2011/10/subsidy-removal-a-history/COUNTRY | 1,815 | Politics | 3 | en | 0.999929 |
Seeing Buckingham Palace is a must for anybody visiting London. Whether you're a massive fan of the Royal Family, or you simply want to see one of Britain's biggest historical landmarks, you'll find something to love inside its large, lavish walls.
Buckingham Palace is located in Westminster, in the heart of central Lo... | https://buckinghampalace.londonpass.com/tickets.htmlYou | 1,642 | Politics | 3 | en | 0.999992 |
Astrophysicists from the University of Hawaii have discovered Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) on a meteorite found in the Nevada desert in 2010.
Researchers who analyzed meteorite fragments in search of micro-bacterial data found the presence of Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) which is found in a variety of plants, but most famo... | http://notallowedto.com/marijuana-in-space-nasa-discovers-thc-on-meteorite-fragment/ | 398 | Politics | 3 | en | 0.999977 |
Type 2 diabetes is a chronic medical condition in which the levels of sugar, or glucose, build up in your bloodstream.
Typically, the hormone insulin helps move glucose from your blood to your cells, where it’s used for energy. But with type 2 diabetes, your body’s cells aren’t able to respond to insulin as well as the... | https://www.vanguardngr.com/2022/03/understanding-type-2-diabetes-and-how-to-cure-it/ | 2,165 | Health | 4 | en | 0.999992 |
igmGuru's Cyber Security course online program will help you learn all key Cybersecurity concepts from the scratch. Cybersecurity is the practice of protecting information systems, networks, and devices from digital attacks, unauthorized access, and other security threats.
Throughout the Cyber Security Training online,... | https://www.igmguru.com/cyber-security/cyber-security-course/ | 1,641 | Programming | 3 | en | 0.99999 |
Nearly 70 drugs and experimental compounds may be effective in treating the coronavirus, a team of researchers reported on Sunday night.
Some of the medications are already used to treat other diseases, and repurposing them to treat Covid-19, the illness caused by the coronavirus, may be faster than trying to invent a ... | https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/22/science/coronavirus-drugs-chloroquine.html?smtyp=cur&smid=fb-nytimes&fbclid=IwAR3i0MHZWE73E-zwoJkdX2S0pDIK9TDWorVOeTIveq1vKwQUi5BvbUYnlYQ | 213 | Health | 3 | en | 0.999985 |
After examining climate data extending back nearly 100 years, a team of Government scientists has concluded that there has been no significant change in average temperatures or rainfall in the United States over that entire period.
While the nation's weather in individual years or even for periods of years has been hot... | http://www.nytimes.com/1989/01/26/us/us-data-since-1895-fail-to-show-warming-trend.html?pagewanted=1 | 352 | Politics | 4 | en | 0.999977 |
Female genital mutilation is another barbaric cultural practice of so many African communities which was mostly practiced in the olden days but is still being carried on today. Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting is a procedure that involves partial or total removal of the external female genitalia, or other injuries to ... | https://olatorera.com/3-communities-in-africa-that-still-conduct-the-dehumanizing-practice-of-female-genital-mutilation/ | 612 | Culture | 3 | en | 0.999977 |
We tend to associate natural with good. A natural lifestyle, eating natural food, and natural remedies are all presented as superior to anything processed and artificial. After all, the word natural comes from nature, and nature is good, isn’t it?
“Natural” and “Transmutation of Species”
There is a term, widely used in... | https://adventistreview.org/magazine-article/2105-28/ | 2,599 | Religion | 3 | en | 0.999992 |
It’s one of the most famous chapters in evolution, so familiar that it regularly inspires New Yorker cartoons: Some 375 million years ago, our ancestors emerged from the sea, evolving from swimming fish to vertebrates that walked on land.
Scientists still puzzle over exactly how the transition from sea to land took pla... | http://mobile.nytimes.com/2016/03/25/science/researchers-find-fish-that-walks-the-way-land-vertebrates-do.html | 269 | Religion | 4 | en | 0.99992 |
Paris - Fifty years ago, the Igbo people of southeast Nigeria seceded, declaring an independent Republic of Biafra and sparking a brutal civil war that left about one million people dead.
On May 30, 1967, the military head of Nigeria's eastern region, Emeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, declares "the independent Republic of Biafra"... | http://www.news24.com/Africa/News/biafra-a-painful-chapter-in-nigerias-history-20170528 | 963 | Politics | 3 | en | 0.999922 |
ONE week from today, the United Nations estimates, the world’s population will reach seven billion. Because censuses are infrequent and incomplete, no one knows the precise date — the Census Bureau puts it somewhere next March — but there can be no doubt that humanity is approaching a milestone.
The first billion peopl... | http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/24/opinion/seven-billion.html | 2,117 | Politics | 3 | en | 0.99999 |
Brittany is a licensed attorney who specializes in criminal law, legal writing, and appellate practice and procedure.
Did you know that the state and federal government can take your stuff without charging you with a crime? Through a legal process called civil forfeiture, the government can seize your personal property... | https://study.com/academy/lesson/civil-forfeiture-definition-laws-abuse.html | 1,471 | Politics | 3 | en | 0.999989 |
The quest for every scientific endeavour is to collect data and make sense out of it. Engineering was born from understanding the behaviour of systems and materials through analyzing data and mapping patterns from it.
Civil engineering is a branch of engineering, with its principles always relying on empirical methods,... | https://vocal.media/education/areas-machine-learning-is-utilized-in-the-field-of-civil-engineering-research | 755 | Education | 3 | en | 0.999891 |
China must close down ‘wet markets’ now
As the world gets smaller and populations travel with speed around the world, it is time that the world focus on the domestic food laws in countries like China and others that are not up to the standards of health, safety and welfare — for their own populations and those beyond t... | https://thehill.com/opinion/international/490528-china-must-close-down-wet-markets-now | 1,052 | Health | 3 | en | 0.999916 |
Scientists discover cure for diabetes
There is good news for diabetic patients. They will no longer need to inject insulin – thanks to a treatment involving the use of insulin-producing cells which Harvard University scientists discovered how to make.
The cure could, therefore, be imminent as the scientists have produc... | http://thenationonlineng.net/new/scientists-discover-cure-for-diabetes/ | 797 | Health | 3 | en | 0.999952 |
Around the globe, people will be coming together to mark World Kidney Day. How will you be celebrating? Let us know by posting information about your activity on our activity map!
Take our quick fun-quiz and test your kidney health knowledge!
While kidney disease can affect people of all ages and races, women tend to f... | http://www.worldkidneyday.org | 366 | Health | 3 | en | 0.999992 |
Africans have been fighting slavery since early ADs. Lourenço da Silva Mendouça, the First world Abolitionist, was a Prince from the royal family of Ndongo Kingdom in Angola. He had successfully convinced authorities to end slavery in Europe. What Nafafé discovered is that in 1684, Mendonça went to the Vatican, where h... | https://www.thenigerianvoice.com/news/312096/slaves-their-seller-chiefs-were-raided-by-arabs-european.html | 1,623 | Politics | 3 | en | 0.99992 |
10 things to know about Ash Wednesday
Ash Wednesday is a Christian Holy Day of prayer, fasting and repentance. It is preceded by Shrove Tuesday and falls on the first day of Lent, the six weeks of penitence before Easter.
Lent is celebrated as the season of preparation for the resurrection of Jesus Christ on Easter Sun... | http://thenationonlineng.net/10-things-to-know-about-ash-wednesday/ | 423 | Politics | 4 | en | 0.999992 |
An early-stage human clinical trial for an Ebola vaccine is likely to begin as early as September, 2014, the US National Institutes of Health has disclosed
Though not the first human vaccine trial for the virus, the study comes after mounting pressure from health organisations to allow experimental treatments to be use... | http://www.vanguardngr.com/2014/08/ebola-human-vaccine-trials-begin-sept/ | 460 | Health | 3 | en | 0.999981 |
Dr. Henry Louis Gates’ fascinating, PBS mini-series Finding Your Roots, traces the ancestries of prominent Americans from Branford Marsalis and Condoleezza Rice, to Samuel L. Jackson and John Legend. But where the genealogical paper trail ends for many African-Americans, due to the history of slavery, the DNA search be... | http://www.ebony.com/life/dr-rick-kittles-breaks-down-dna#axzz54vwchTeGIf | 1,498 | Politics | 3 | en | 0.999952 |
THE first principle of unalienable rights recognises that everyone is naturally endowed by their Creator with certain rights that cannot be infringed or given away. Amongst these rights are life, liberty and pursuit of happiness.
In order to secure or safeguard these vital rights, “…government are instituted among men,... | http://www.vanguardngr.com/2012/07/quality-of-a-good-politician-in-a-democratic-society/ | 1,790 | Politics | 3 | en | 0.999971 |
Emily Whitehead obtaining the remarkable HIV-gene therapy that “cured” her leukaemia
By Sola Ogundipe
Year 2012 was replete with an array of medical and scientific breakthroughs. From January through December, series of world-changing innovations were recorded across the world. However, one of the biggest and most sens... | http://www.vanguardngr.com/2012/12/2012-scientists-cure-leukaemia-with-hiv/ | 551 | Health | 3 | en | 0.999891 |
Acculturation of European ways of life into African communities was intentionally planned to suppress our cultures and create longing demands for Foreign culture and tastes. Until Africans rediscover and refine their own culture, we will always fall for others' products inadvertently denying us Economic Independence.Th... | https://www.thenigerianvoice.com/news/291315/de-acculturation-of-africa-into-the-21st-century.html | 1,547 | Politics | 3 | en | 0.999996 |
When children are young, it’s adorable to see them imitate their parents: little boys wanting to shave alongside Dad and little girls swinging a tennis racket like Mom. That glow of pride fades when kids begin to reflect some less-stellar behavior, whether it’s sloppiness or being late to everything.
Some behavior kids... | http://www.textinganddrivingsafety.com/texting-and-driving-stories/Keri | 1,181 | Family | 3 | en | 0.999966 |
JERUSALEM A three-foot-tall tablet with 87 lines of Hebrew that scholars believe dates from the decades just before the birth of Jesus is causing a quiet stir in biblical and archaeological circles, especially because it may speak of a messiah who will rise from the dead after three days.
If such a messianic descriptio... | http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/06/world/middleeast/06stone.html?_r=1&oref=sloginTablet | 2,292 | Religion | 3 | en | 0.999935 |
The Bermuda Triangle, has captured the imagination of people around the world for decades. Situated in the western part of the North Atlantic Ocean, the Bermuda Triangle is notorious for its alleged role in the disappearance of numerous ships and aircraft under mysterious circumstances. From ancient legends to modern-d... | https://vocal.media/earth/secrets-of-the-bermuda-triangle-fact-or-fiction | 749 | Travel | 3 | en | 0.999964 |
Criminology is the systematic study of crime and its prevention. Criminologists apply themselves to difficult questions such as, "Why does crime occur?" Among the answers that they have come up with is that crime springs naturally from the biological nature of certain individuals. This biological theory of criminology ... | https://study.com/academy/lesson/biological-theories-of-crime-overview-features.html#lesson | 2,728 | Family | 4 | en | 0.999981 |
low sperm count
By Sola Ogundipe
The Japanese have done it again! For the first time in human history,they have successfully utilized sperm cells created with stem-cell techniques to fertilize eggs and produce live, normal offspring.
They used embryonic stem cells of mice to make primordial germ cells,which are the pre... | http://www.vanguardngr.com/2013/03/japanese-scientists-create-artificial-sperms-from-stem-cells/ | 324 | Health | 3 | en | 0.999987 |
When billionaire media producer Oprah Winfrey took a DNA test for the PBS show African American Lives a few years back, she learned that her DNA had three exact matches — with the Kpelle people, who lived in western Africa in what’s now Liberia; the Bamileke people in Cameroon; and a Bantu-speaking tribe in Zambia.
Lik... | https://blogs.ancestry.com/cm/the-surprising-facts-oprah-winfrey-learned-about-her-dna/?theme=ancestry-2016What | 594 | Culture | 3 | en | 0.999962 |
The Palm Islands are artificial peninsulas constructed of sand dredged from the bottom of the Persian Gulf by the Belgian company Jan De Nul and the Dutch company Van Oord.
The sand is sprayed by the dredging ships, which are guided by DGPS, onto the required area in a process known as rain-bowing because of the arcs i... | http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/richest-people-middle-east/ | 3,455 | Politics | 3 | en | 0.999968 |
After eight years spent studying a 1.8-million-year-old skull uncovered in the Republic of Georgia, scientists have made a discovery that may rewrite the evolutionary history of our human genus Homo.
It would be a simpler story with fewer ancestral species. Early, diverse fossils — those currently recognized as coming ... | http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/18/science/fossil-skull-may-rewrite-humans-evolutionary-story.html?WT.z_sma=SC_SFS_20131017&adxnnl=1&smid=fb-nytimes&adxnnlx=1382044233-ckn2u3Q9TMCp0a4izILvswSkull | 300 | Religion | 4 | en | 0.999977 |
Around 1640 BCE, some 70 Canaan (Black), Hebrews under the leadership of Joseph, son of Jacob, son of Isaac, entered Egypt from Canaan, fleeing from another great drought. Doris Darkwah in (The Role of Africa in the rise of Judaism) tells us that: “They were welcomed and given food and shelter by the hospitable Egyptia... | http://www.modernghana.com/news/247818/1/the-jews-lied-against-africa-to-ascend.html | 8,371 | Religion | 4 | en | 0.999975 |
HEBREW ISRAELITE ORIGINS
And thou shalt speak and say before the LORD thy God,
A Syrian ready to perish was my father, and he went down
into Egypt, and sojourned there with a few, and became there a
nation, great, mighty, and populous:… DEUTERONOMY 26:5.
BEFORE it was Called SYRIA & Before Jacob-Israel…
4000s BC-------... | https://destee.com/threads/hebrew-israelite-origins.87407/ | 2,371 | Religion | 3 | en | 0.999998 |
November brings us two eclipses in the month. Total solar eclipse will occur on November 13 and penumbral lunar eclipse on November 28, 2012. On November 13, residents of northeastern Australia will see the sun fully obscured by the moon, whose shadow will darken the sky for 2 minutes there on November 13. The only vis... | https://watchers.news/2019/11/10/unseasonably-cold-arctic-airmass-snow-and-freezing-rain-with-gusty-winds-across-the-central-and-eastern-us/Nov | 375 | Health | 4 | en | 0.99999 |
What's the Difference Between an Autonomous and a Driverless Car?
Also called autonomous cars, robotic cars, and self-driving cars, truly driverless cars were essentially the stuff of science fiction until relatively recently.
Definitions vary, but autonomous cars are typically defined as versions of our current vehicl... | https://axleaddict.com/safety/Advantages-and-Disadvantages-of-Driverless-Cars | 4,277 | Car Talk | 3 | en | 0.999989 |
Health Benefits of Boiled Eggs
There has been an ongoing debate about whether eggs, because of the cholesterol content, poses more of a health risk than health benefits. In fact, there was a rumor circulating in some areas that eating one egg was like eating a whole chicken! This was at the height of the global cholest... | https://newscityhub.com/health-benefits-of-boiled-eggs/ | 833 | Health | 3 | en | 0.999996 |
A dubious source, but a powerful tool for suppressing dissent
Since its inception in 2001, Wikipedia has been a controversial website, plagued with problems, the greatest of which is the serious concern of biased and inaccurate content.1 This is no small problem for the internet at large, since Wikipedia has become a g... | https://creation.com/wikipedia | 2,722 | Religion | 3 | en | 0.999996 |
LAGOS, Nigeria — Fifty years ago, on Jan. 15, Nigeria’s civil war ended. Fought between the country’s southeast region, which seceded and called itself Biafra, and the rest of the country, which Britain supported and armed, the war was brutal. Over a million people died during three years of conflict. After being starv... | https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/15/opinion/nigeria-civil-war-anniversary.html | 437 | Politics | 4 | en | 0.999985 |
Ebola: what you need to know about the newly found ‘cure’
In a new development to combat Ebola Virus Disease, scientists and doctors in the Democratic Republic of Congo have been running a clinical trial of new drugs to try to combat a year-long Ebola outbreak.
Two new drugs have shown remarkable promise at treating Eb... | https://thenationonlineng.net/ebola-what-you-need-to-know-about-the-newly-found-cure/ | 546 | Health | 3 | en | 0.999979 |
In Islam, Ramadan is not only a month of fasting but also a time for giving and charity. Zakat, one of the Five Pillars of Islam, holds immense significance during this sacred period.
As Muslims around the world engage in acts of worship and reflection, understanding the importance of Zakat becomes paramount.
Here are ... | https://www.vanguardngr.com/2024/03/zakat-5-key-facts-about-charity-in-islam-during-ramadan/ | 960 | Phones | 4 | en | 0.999313 |
In 1918, a pandemic virus, called the Spanish flu blew across the world like the current coronavirus and killed at least 50 million people. In Nigeria, then under colonial rule, an estimated 500,000 died.
There is a striking similarity between the two pandemics in the way they affected Nigeria: both were brought in by ... | https://www.pmnewsnigeria.com/2020/04/01/flashback-how-another-pandemic-virus-killed-500000-nigerians-102-years-ago/ | 1,921 | Health | 3 | en | 0.999899 |
“Nubia: Ancient Kingdoms of Africa,” an exhibition at New York University’s Institute for the Study of the Ancient World, takes you deep into the history of a currently volatile part of the continent.
The show occupies just two small galleries, but spans a 500-mile stretch of the Nile River Valley (now Northern Sudan a... | http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/25/arts/design/nubia-ancient-kingdoms-of-africa-review.html?_r=1&pagewanted=allPlease | 1,435 | Culture | 3 | en | 0.999865 |
Babies born during the brief but intense Biafra famine in Nigeria 40 years ago have grown up to be more susceptible to obesity and its attendant maladies than those born on either side of it, scientists have found.
The researchers, from the Karolinska Institute in Sweden and the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital ... | http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/02/health/02global.html?_r=1&ref=africa | 314 | Politics | 3 | en | 0.99999 |
IN this world, most people are not famous at all. Some people’s fame is ephemeral, some are famous for 5 minutes and are hardly remembered again. Most persons are not remembered at all a year after their corpse is interred. Remembrance becomes enduring only when one’s life’s work has relevance for many future generatio... | http://www.vanguardngr.com/2012/02/ojukwu-tribute-from-chinweizu/ | 4,302 | Politics | 3 | en | 0.999766 |
Graphene is incredibly thin and light, and prevents all but the smallest molecules from passing through it (it's an excellent water filter, for example). Condoms, though an excellent barrier against unwanted contaminants, are neither thin nor light -- which is why they reduce sensation, and why some people really don't... | http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/171417-bill-gates-funds-creation-of-thin-light-impenetrable-graphene-condoms? | 718 | Health | 3 | en | 0.99995 |
‘The curious case of Benjamin Mouse’: Aging reversal coming soon?
Mice have become the first creatures to experience the ‘Curious Case of Benjamin Button’ for real, as Australian and American scientists have managed to literally reverse their ageing process. And they say humans could be next in line.
The discovery is c... | http://rt.com/news/mice-humans-age-reverse-551/ | 1,059 | Health | 3 | en | 0.999977 |
One man, one woman
Does the Bible really teach monogamy?
Origin of marriage
The clearest evidence that monogamy is God’s ideal is from Christ’s teaching on marriage in Matthew 19:3–6. In this passage, He cited the Genesis creation account, in particular Genesis 1:27 and 2:24, saying “the two will become one flesh”, not... | http://creation.mobi/monogamy-bible-one-man-woman | 847 | Romance | 3 | en | 0.999962 |
Ortelius’ Africa—One of the Most Influential Maps of the Continent of Africa
Finely colored example of Ortelius' map of Africa, from Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, the first modern atlas. The map was one of the first widely-disseminated, modernized maps of Africa and it became the standard map of the continent until well int... | https://www.raremaps.com/gallery/detail/64869/africae-tabula-nova-orteliushttp://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b77595185.r=Benin?rk=21459 | 2,630 | Culture | 4 | en | 0.999985 |
European & Arab Ancient Trade War On Africans Continues
Where are the children of the Zulu, Ashanti and Yoruba that stood down the British and fought gallantly against domineering the trade routes in Africa? It has been postulated for a long time by a few historians that religious capture of Africa was not by force but... | https://www.thenigerianvoice.com/news/274836/european-arab-ancient-trade-war-on-africans-continues.html# | 1,505 | Culture | 3 | en | 0.999964 |
Many people still think that ‘light’ skin is somehow tremendously different from ‘dark skin’, in spite of the scientific evidence that shows overwhelming biological similarity among all the people of the world.
However, over the past several decades, sophisticated studies of human skin pigmentation using special stains... | https://creation.com/skin-deep | 1,995 | Religion | 4 | en | 0.999996 |
A new scientific method can ‘time jump’ human skin cells back by 30 years, according to researchers at the University of Cambridge who say that they’ve reprogrammed ageing skin cells to partly restore their function to a more “youthful” state.
In experiments, ageing cells became more like skin cells called fibroblasts ... | https://www.vanguardngr.com/2022/04/scientists-develop-technique-that-can-turn-back-ageing-clock-by-30-years/ | 635 | Health | 3 | en | 0.999943 |
Scientists studying the lethal Ebola virus say they have found how it blocks and disables the body's ability to battle infections in a discovery that should help the search for potential cures and vaccines.
In the largest and deadliest outbreak of the disease yet recorded, Ebola has killed more than 1,000 people in Wes... | http://m.news24.com/nigeria/Lifestyle/Scientists-find-how-Ebola-disables-immune-response-20140814-2 | 622 | Health | 3 | en | 0.999949 |
Skin colour surprises
Our writers and speakers often get asked questions about race and racism. We have developed some pretty good answers, like the fact that Adam and Eve would have been ‘middle brown’ or that skin colour is, literally, only ‘skin deep’. Biblically, there is but one ‘race’ of people, but can we explai... | https://creation.com/skin-colour-surprises | 2,768 | Religion | 4 | en | 0.999994 |
Warming food is a typical practice in numerous families and eateries. In any case, it accompanies likely dangers in the event that not done accurately. More than once warming food can influence its healthful quality, taste, and security. This guide investigates what happens when food is warmed on numerous occasions and... | https://vocal.media/lifehack/what-happens-when-food-is-repeatedly-heated-how-to-ensure-safe-food | 1,026 | Phones | 4 | en | 0.999954 |
What Is Renal Failure?
Chronic renal failure also called as chronic kidney disorder (CKD), is a condition in which the kidney functioning capacity decreases slowly, but steadily. Chronic renal failure is a slow process which goes on for months or years, and the kidneys slowly stop working.
The main function of kidneys ... | https://www.stemcelltherapyinindia.com/treatable-diseases/stem-cell-treatment-for-chronic-kidney-disorder.html | 1,535 | Health | 4 | en | 0.999981 |
Bitumen is a black, viscous, and highly durable material that is found in natural deposits across the globe. It is a complex mixture of organic liquids and solids, and is a key component in many construction and industrial materials.
Bitumen has been used for thousands of years, with the earliest known use dating back ... | https://discover.hubpages.com/education/natural-bitumen | 1,124 | Programming | 4 | en | 0.999989 |
Stories by Chioma Obinna
Epilepsy in Nigeria is one of the neglected disorders and the misconception about the disorder has not helped sufferers. Even when the attack occurs only a few people know what to do and how the disease can be managed and treated.
Experts say proper diagnosis and right drugs as well as treatmen... | http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/09/controlling-epilepsy-with-right-therapy/ | 533 | Health | 3 | en | 0.999987 |
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