IDEA PERSON OF INTEREST: PROF. AMEENAH GURIB-FAKIM (Mauritius First Female President)
Join us as we feature Ameenah Gurib-Fakim, the first female president of Mauritius! She shares her inspiring journey in science and...
Kenya Wants Real Offices for Social Media Businesses.
Kenya will now require social media companies to set up physical offices in the country, the Ministry of Interior and National Admin...
January 17, 1773: Captain James Cook becomes the first to cross Antarctic Circle
The history of Antarctica emerges from early Western theories of a vast continent, known as Terra Australis, believed to exist in th...
January 17, 1912: A month after Roald Amundsen’s mission, Captain Robert Scott’s expedition reaches the South Pole.
The Terra Nova Expedition, officially the British Antarctic Expedition, was an expedition to Antarctica that took place between 1910...
What Fintech Apps Do Young Nigerians Use to Manage Money?
Savings are a big deal in Nigeria, with soaring inflation and a cost-of-living crisis. For young Nigerians, balancing tough macroeco...
January 14, 2005: The Exterior of Titan
Little was known about Titan’s surface before the Cassini-Huygens mission. Because the moon’s haze is partially transparent to near-...
January 8, 1994: Valeri Polyakov, a Russian cosmonaut leaves earth, bound for the Mir space station
Valeri Vladimirovich Polyakov (Russian: Валерий Владимирович Поляков, born Valeri Ivanovich Korshunov, Russian: Валерий Иванович Кор...
January 7, 1985: Japan launches its first interplanetary spacecraft, Sakigake
Sakigake (さきがけ, lit. 'pioneer', 'pathfinder'), known before launch as MS-T5, was Japan's first interplanetary spacecraft and the fir...
January 6, 1857: Patent for Zinc Ore Reduction by Samuel Wetherill
In 1857, a remarkable event unfolded that would significantly impact the mining and metallurgical industries: the patent for reducin...
December 27, 2004: The Amazing SGR 1806-20
The nuclear furnaces in the Sun and stars create blistering heat and blinding light. Magnetism, however, plays no role in the fusion...