On Monday, the Nobel Prize week officially started with the assignment of the Nobel prize in physiology or medicine to Americans scientists William Kaelin and Gregg Semenza, and British scientist Sir Peter Ratcliffe. The prize was assigned for their discovery of how cells sense oxygen availability in the surroundings and how they respond to such conditions. The research[…]
An American woman Sarah Thomas is the first person to swim across the English Channel four times non-stop. Although swimming for 54 hours in a row may already seem almost impossible, the challenge becomes epic if we consider that Thomas is likely to have done 130 miles due to difficult currents and tides, and that she completed treatment for[…]
The TEAS (Test of Essential Academic Skills) exam is designed to evaluate the preparedness of students seeking admission into the health science field. Most nursing schools and allied health schools include TEAS as a part of their admission requirements for the candidates. The exam is made up of 170 questions and comes in a multiple-choice format with four[…]
A lake of liquid water has been discovered by Marsis, a radar instrument on board Esa’s Mars Express orbiter, on Mars. An Italian team was scraching underneath the planet’s surface when they found below a block of ice a a stable body of liquid water on the red planet. The researchers from the National Institute of Astrophysics[…]
London-based British Nigerian History teacher Tumi Olaoshun is proud to unveil her first published work, an inspirational dating and relationship book titled What They Don’t Tell You About Being Single, released independently on Saturday, June 30, 2018. She managed to pen her first book, whilst being a full time History teacher in North West London, where she has been[…]