Category Archives: Science & Tech

Lake Natron in northern Tanzania is described as one of the world’s weirdest lakes for its red colour due to volcanic activities and its incredibly high level of alkaline with a pH as high as 10.5. This basically means that there is a high level of mineral and salts in the water which should makeContinue reading “The weird red lake in Tanzania that turns animals into stone statues”

Musician and entrepreneur Aliaume Damala Badara Akon Thiam, widely known as Akon, has shared his plan of building a futuristic city in Senegal that will use a cryptocurrency called Akoin – named after himself. He made the revelation at the Cannes Lions Festival on Monday where he described the city he plans on building asContinue reading “Akon is dreaming about a futuristic city in Senegal that uses cryptocurrency”

A21-year-old soldier at the William Beaumont Army Medical Center in El Paso, Texas, has benefitted from a cutting-edge technique which restored her left ear that was totally lost after a single-vehicle accident in 2016. Doctors at the hospital took cartilage from the Private Shamika Burrage’s ribs to craft a new ear and then inserted itContinue reading “21-year-old injured U.S. soldier gets new ear grown from her arm”

Kenya will launch its first locally produced satellite into orbit on May 11, 2018, making the East African country the fifth in sub-Saharan Africa to have a satellite in space. The 10-centimetre CubeSat named the First Kenya University Nano-Satellite – Precursor Flight (1KUNS-PF) was developed by students and researchers of the University of Nairobi in partnership with Japanese SpaceContinue reading “Kenya to become fifth black African country with satellite in space”

The Bahamas, the Atlantic Ocean archipelago of over 700 islands, has announced its plan to ban all disposable plastics and flying of balloons by 2020 to address the growing marine pollution and poor waste management issues. The country’s environment and housing minister Romauld Ferreira said at a press conference last week they are developing aContinue reading “The Bahamas moves to ban disposable plastics, flying balloons by 2020”