Antoine Lavoisier coined the term ‘Oxygen’ in 1777. He coined the word using the Greek words ‘oxys’ meaning acid and ‘genes’ meaning ‘producer’ as he thought that oxygen was a part of all acids. While, today we know that this is not true, what we do know is that all living organisms need oxygen to […]
The Generation X Lady Doctor
Female medical students are putting up a unique case to oppose the scheme that all medical students before being awarded their degrees must serve a year in the states where they are studying, possibly in the rural hinterland. They are saying that because of this requirement, their marriages are going to get stalled that […]
How Should Free Societies Pay for Their Journalism?
The question of how societies should pay for their journalism – at least to compensate professional journalists in attempts to eradicate the credibility concerns – was addressed very recently by Bill Keller, executive editor of The New York Times. He was speaking in London and said that the greatest threat that independent writers and bloggers pose […]
A Positive Attitude Makes all the Difference
Once a tribal chief told his tribe a story of two dogs that live in his imagination. One of the dogs he described as fearful and angry, the other courageous and joyful. "These dogs are involved in a constant struggle," he said. One of the members of the tribe asked, "Which dog wins?" The chief […]
Infections, major cause of intertility
As incidence of infertility is gradually getting to epidemic level, healthcare providers have fingered sexually transmitted infections as the major cause. Prominent among these infections are gonorrhea, syphilis and staphylococcus. Dr Kola Adeleke Chief consultant, Koleeb Centre for Alternative Therapy, however, claims that herbal medicine brings complete solution to the problem of infection, whether accute […]
Long term memory controlled by molecular pathway at synapses.
Even for a fruit fly, learning and memory are important adaptive tools that facilitate survival in the environment. A fly can learn to avoid what may do it harm, such as a flyswatter, or in the laboratory, an electric shock that happens when it smells a certain odor. Now Harvard University biologists have […]
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