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R. Douglas Fields, a very calm government scientist in his 50s, was emerging from a Barcelona metro stop with his daughter when a man tried to rob him. The next thing Fields knew, he had the guy in a choke hold on the ground. "Now I'm on the ground in a street fight, realizing that this signal never went to my cerebral cortex. There was no consciousness involved," Fields, a neurobiologist at the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, said at a talk at New York University on April 20. "And then I realized that if there's something…
Saturday, 30 April 2016 01:43

How Rolex became the king of watches

Play a simple word association game with anyone — say "watches" and the reply you get will most likely be "Rolex." The Rolex brand is so ingrained in the minds of much of the world, it's hard to believe watches even existed before Austrian national Hans Wilsdorf started the company in the early 1900s. It now stands as the most powerful watchmaker in the world, consistently ranking at the top of lists of the globe's most reputable companies. Rolex does not actually release sales numbers, but experts estimate that it makes roughly 1 million watches a year, presumably more than…
One morning in mid-January 2015, a small, furtive-looking man in a black hooded parka stood alone on the Turkish side of the Akçakale border crossing with Syria. The man glanced around uneasily, and finally approached a street sweeper in a blue jumpsuit. 'I want to cross to the other side,' he said. 'What can I do?' The street sweeper demanded 75 Turkish lira and pointed to a small hole in the fence, not far from the main gate. The man paid him but hesitated. He had come a long way, and was now barely 10 metres from his destination: the…
Want to put the spring back into your step and get set to sizzle in summer? Then now's the time to take stock of your diet and make sure you're getting all the nutrients you need for maximum health and vitality. In an earlier era, when our diet was dictated by the seasons, spring brought an abundance of fresh fruit and vegetables after the long and gloomy winter, and an opportunity to replenish reserves of important nutrients. Back then, there was a clear link between nutritional status and the availability of fresh foods. But even now, when food miles mean…
As night falls, the curfew comes into effect. Nobody is allowed on the streets. Anxiety hangs in the air. Those unable to make it home before sunset are shepherded to roundabouts to wait until day breaks. This is Maiduguri -- a city on the edge. The capital of Borno state, it is at the heart of the Nigerian Army's battle to retake Boko Haram territory. A place where no one is above suspicion. Where young girls, packaged as suicide bombers, are sent by militants to realize the group's brutal jihad. Boko Haram using kidnapped girls as bombers 03:00 Teenagers outside…
Monday, 25 April 2016 02:37

Cannabis leads to early death

Smoking marijuana heavily during teenage years may lead to an early death, a new study has revealed. The study analyzed more than 45,000 men who underwent mandatory military training in Sweden between 1969 and 1970. Scientists from the Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm followed them on the National Cause of Death Register until 2011. During the 42-year study, around 4,000 of the men died. Research published by the American Journal of Psychiatry found that the men who used marijuana heavily in their late teens were 40 per cent more likely to die by the age of 60 than those who never…
They may look more like the grasping fronds of sea anemones on an underwater coral reef, but these brightly coloured creatures actually live in your mouth. Using a scanning electron microscope, scientists have been able to capture images of the bacteria living in the darkest crevices of the human mouth. Magnified by up to ten thousand times and highlighted using false colouring, these microbes can be found growing on the inside of your cheeks, gums and your teeth. While they might look like an underwater sea anemone, these long strands are actually bacteria growing inside of the human mouth. Captured…
Late last year, news trickled in about the horrific mass dying of the saiga antelopes of central Kazakhstan, of which it has been estimated that over 200,000 of the animals dropped dead over a matter of days, with scenes of entire herds of the antelope, made up of mothers with calves, littering the landscape. What caused this sudden widespread mortality initially baffled biologists and zoologists who struggled to find the culprit. It now seems that the mystery is finally over, with the cause being narrowed down by the Saiga Conservation Alliance to a normally benign bacteria suddenly becoming deadly —…
Albert Einstein let his wife cut his hair because he did not want to pay for a barber and ate fried eggs for breakfast every day, a new book has revealed. The Noble Prize winner, who developed the theory of relativity, also wore shoes with holes in them in a bid to save money and only drank caffeine-free coffee. The fascinating details of the scientist's life have been revealed in Einstein at Home, which will be published in English for the first time next month. Albert Einstein let his wife cut his hair because he did not want to pay…
Babies more to poor mothers are more than twice as likely to die before turning one, official data revealed today. Still births are also much more common to women doing 'routine and manual' jobs compared to those in 'higher managerial, administrative and professional' work. The figures from the Office for National Statistics showed a continuing downward trend in overall infant deaths but the continued gap between poorer and wealthier households provoked concern. Tory MP Will Quince said it was crucial to make clear the link between bad diet and smoking in pregnancy to the chance of a new baby facing…
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Northern leaders say won’t support Tinubu for re-election due to president’s incompetence, bad policies

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The magic and the minefield of confidence: Self doubt, hubris and everything in between - The Economist

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Influencer eats pig feed in extreme attempt to save money

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50 terrorists killed as Boko Haram insurgents ambush security personnel guarding national grid in Niger…

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Nigeria comes top in instant payment system inclusivity index in Africa

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Nigeria awarded 3-0 win over Libya after airport fiasco

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