To get an idea of why scientists would want to study daddy longlegs, try playing a game of “One of these things is not like the others” the next time you see one. “If you watch a daddy longlegs move, it will effectively walk on just three pairs of itsContinue Reading
Is this a step in the right direction in funding medical research? I believe so. Nigeria is currently one of the countries with the lowest health research funding in the world. It contributes 0.22% of its GDP to research. Despite the plethora of health issues in the country, and theContinue Reading
The aim is to carry out research that actively involves children, so they are not only positioned as the object of research. This approach is called “child participatory research”. Significant participation of children is necessary because their needs and potentials will be adequately met if adults listen to their voicesContinue Reading
Scientists grew nearly defect-free fibers of frozen water with counterintuitive properties Try to bend an icicle and it’ll snap in two. With its tendency to crack into shards, ice’s reputation for being stiff and brittle seems well-established. But thin, pristine threads of ice are bendy and elastic, scientists report inContinue Reading