D-Olivette Labs, Promise Point, GeroCare Emerge Top Winners as NSIA Awards Over $220,000 in Innovation Prizes
The Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority (NSIA) has unveiled the winners of the third edition of its NSIA Prize for Innovation (NPI 3.0), a flagship initiative aimed at supporting early-stage Nigerian startups developing game-changing solutions to…
City-Killer Asteroids Hidden Near Venus Could Strike Earth Without Warning, Scientists Warn
An international team of astronomers has sounded the alarm over a trio of massive asteroids orbiting near Venus that could strike Earth with little to no warning. The asteroids — 2020 SB, 524522, and 2020 CL1 — were identified as having unstable orbits…
Michel Siffre the Geologist Who Unwittingly Uncovered the Human ‘Internal Clock’ During 63 Days in Total Isolation Underground
Michel Siffre and the Birth of Human Chronobiology In a bold experiment, Michel Siffre of the Sorbonne spent 63 days in a cold, pitch-black cave, isolated from clocks, sunlight, and human contact. When he finally surfaced, dazed and disoriented, he was…
Teen Entrepreneurs Host World’s First Sperm Race
Two U.S. college students recently hosted what is being described as the “world’s first” sperm race, a highly unusual competition held at the iconic Hollywood Palladium in Los Angeles. The event, called Sperm Racing, was organised by four teenage…
First-Ever Recording of a Dying Human Brain Sheds Light on Moments Before Death
A team of neuroscientists has recorded brain activity in a dying human for the first time. According to Mail Online, the recording occurred when an 87-year-old patient experienced cardiac arrest while receiving treatment for epilepsy. Doctors had placed…