Your Phone Has More Germs Than A Toilet Seat
Scientists at the National Centre for Cell Science (NCCS) in Pune have discovered three species of microbes- two bacteria and ...
Tag: Biology
Eco-Warriors Win First S. Africa Climate Change Case
South African environmental activists declared a major victory Wednesday after winning the country's first climate change case and forcing the ...
UN Marks International Women’s Day
The United Nations has urged all actors to double up in their quest for gender equality by ensuring that the ...
GMO Cowpea Hits Local Market Next Year
Ongoing field tests on genetically modified cowpea (Bt cowpea) have produced successful results and will be ready for commercialisation and ...
Food Sovereignty Tackles Osei-Owusu On GMOs
Food Sovereignty Ghana (FSG) has said it “totally rejects the false impression” that the chairman of parliament’s Appointments Committee, Joseph ...
Poachers Kill Rare Giant Elephant In Kenya
One of Africa's oldest and largest elephants was killed by poachers in Kenya on Monday, according to a conservation group ...
Bringing Water To Kenya’s Drought-Stricken Wildlife
In a wildlife sanctuary in southern Kenya the relentless sun has bleached savannah grasses and dried up rivers, turning water ...
Tanzania Jails Notorious Elephant Poacher
Tanzania’s most notorious elephant poacher, nicknamed “The Devil”, has been sentenced to 12 years in prison. Boniface Matthew Maliango was ...
Tunisia Zoo To Close After Crocodile Stoned To Death
A zoo in the Tunisian capital where visitors stoned a crocodile to death is to close temporarily, the local affairs ...
‘Abnormal’ Sleep Linked To Obesity Risk
Sleeping too much or too little can increase the likelihood of becoming obese, researchers have discovered. The study found abnormal ...
Elephants Are Insomniacs, Sleeping Just 2 Hours A Night
Elephants hardly ever sleep in the wild, getting around two hours of shut-eye per night and only in the wee ...
10 Habits That Make You Age Faster and Look Older
Aging is inevitable. It also brings with it several types of health problems including obesity, Type 2 diabetes, and cardiovascular ...
Indian Court Rejects Plea To Abort Foetus With Down’s Syndrome
India's top court Tuesday denied a plea by a pregnant woman to terminate her 26-week old foetus diagnosed with Down's ...
Ghana May Soon Import Water Over Galamsey
Ghana may soon import drinking water from neighbouring countries if illegal mining also known ‘galamsey’ is not checked. According to ...
S. Africa Rhino Poaching Dipped In 2016, Stays Above 1,000
Poachers killed 1,054 South African rhinos for their horns in 2016, a 10 percent dip on a year earlier, the ...
Bashful Tokyo Pandas Mate After Four-Year Hiatus
Two giant pandas at Tokyo's Ueno Zoo mated for the first time in four years Monday -- a 52-second effort ...
Canada Conservationist Warns of ‘cyber Poaching’
Photographers, poachers and eco-tour operators are in the crosshairs of a Canadian conservationist who warns that tracking tags are being ...
Femininity Is Not Inferiority [Article]
You are born either male or female not by choice. Like one's skin color, one does not choose their gender. ...
Femininity Is Not Inferiority [Article]
You are born either male or female not by choice. Like one’s skin color, one does not choose their gender. ...
Poachers Kill Two Rhinos At South African Orphanage
More than 700 rhinos were killed in South Africa in the first half of last year Poachers have killed two ...