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Knowing what leads to building collapses can help make African cities safer
People gather to look at the debris from a building that collapsed in Nairobi, Kenya in June 2017. EPA/DAI KUROKAWA…
A Tech Expert Says Google Chrome Has Become Spy Software
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A 'Computer Village' in Lagos offers lessons on what it takes to help small firms thrive
The Otigba Computer Village shows that sharing knowledge widely benefits all businesses in a cluster. Shutterstock Oluseye Jegede, University of…
Dead Zones: Devil in the Deep Blue Sea
NASA's Terra satellite captured this natural-color image of phytoplankton blooms on May 4, 2013, in France's Bay of Biscay.…
Panic As Four ATMs Explode In Calabar
An eyewitness, Mathew Ilem who spoke with Vanguard said the incident occurred barely 20 minutes that the bank officials loaded…
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How data collected from mobile phones can help electricity planning
There’s not enough sustained electricity investment in Africa. Shutterstock/Andrea Willmore Eduardo Alejandro Martínez Ceseña, University of Manchester; Joseph Mutale, University…
Is the Radiation from Airport Body Scanners Dangerous?
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The Government Is Serious About Creating Mind-Controlled Weapons
DARPA, the Department of Defense's research arm, is paying scientists to invent ways to instantly read soldiers' minds using…