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The Wonderful Black People Inventions

Black People's Inventions are the material Proof of their Knowledge and Identity. Many renowned inventions such as the light bulb, the cotton gin, and the iPhone are widely known. However, numerous other often underestimated creations significantly contribute to our daily convenience. African American inventors have played a crucial role in developing these devices, including the...

The Lions Most Interesting Facts

Credit: Unsplash. Throughout history, the lion has always been a representation of strength, authority, and fierceness. While on WWF tours to Africa, getting the chance to witness this majestic species up close is bound to be an awe-inspiring and exhilarating encounter. Among all large feline species, African lions are the most sociable, and they form groups known...

South Africa’s Power Crisis Will Persist Until 2025

South Africa's power crisis will persist until 2025, with blackouts phasing out in 5 years. South Africa is facing a severe electricity crisis with increasing enforced power cuts, leaving people without electricity for up to 10 hours a day. The root cause is the frequent breakdowns in the country's aging coal power plants, which...

Health, Function, and Aesthetics: The Autoimmune Patient

Dental professionals should be aware that the majority of systemic conditions often show symptoms in the mouth. These conditions include autoimmune disorders like Sjögren's syndrome, lupus, sarcoidosis, diabetes, HIV, and hematological issues. In some cases, oral symptoms of conditions such as Crohn's disease can appear before gastrointestinal symptoms. As a dental professional, I have...

New Genetic Tech Developed to Combat Malaria-Transmitting Mosquitoes

Malaria continues to be one of the most lethal illnesses globally Credit: istock Malaria continues to be one of the most lethal illnesses globally. Each year, malaria infections claim the lives of hundreds of thousands of individuals, with children under the age of five primarily affected. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention...

South Africa’s Desert-Like Interior Might Have Been More Welcoming to Our Human Ancestors

Credit: Canva The Cape of South Africa and its southern coast were once surrounded by thriving landscapes and abundant food, with long chains of caverns running along the area. Approximately 200,000 years ago, during a glacial phase known as Marine Isotope Stage Six (MIS6), these caves provided a refuge for a group of humans who...

A Seismologist Describes the Science of the Terrible Türkiye-Syria Quake

Rescuers search the rubble in the village of Besnaya in Syria's rebel-held northwestern Idlib province, on the border with Türkiye, 6 February 2022. (Omar Haj Kadour/AFP via Getty Images) A huge quake has happened in the southeast of Türkiye, close to the border with Syria. Data from seismometers that gauge the trembling of the ground triggered by...

The Power of Pals: Social Mammals Live Longer, Recommends Recent Research Study

Credit: Unsplash Mammals that live in teams might typically live longer than members of solitary species, recommends a Nature Communications paper. The findings are based upon an analysis of nearly 1,000 mammals-- including the gold snub-nosed monkey, naked mole-rat, bowhead whale, and horseshoe bat-- and might improve our understanding of the development of social organization...

Mummified Crocodiles Offer Insights Into Mummy-Making Over Time

Overview of the crocodiles during excavation. Credit: Patri Mora Riudavets, member of the Qubbat al-Hawā team, CC-BY 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Crocodiles were mummified uniquely at the Egyptian site of Qubbat al-Hawā during the 5th Century BC, concerning to a study released January 18th, 2023, in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Bea De Cupere of the...

DNA Gathered From Slave Skeletons Buried in Unmarked 18th-Century Burial Grounds Reveals Their History

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A group of scientists affiliated with numerous institutions in the united states, collaborating with members of The Anson Street African Cemetery Project, have found out some of the history behind some of the slaved buried in 18th century Charleston, South Carolina-- home to one of the busiest slave ports in American...