Science & Technology

A new drug that contains the herpes virus could be the key to treating advanced stage skin cancer, research has revealed. The drug is a genetically modified strain of the sexually transmitted infection and is injected directly into…

After successfully pioneering its anti-fake news project in Nigeria, South Africa, Kenya, Cameroon and Senegal, Facebook says it has expanded its Third-Party Fact-Checking Programme to 10 additional African countries. Kojo Boakye,…

Russian state scientists are alarmed by the mass death of bee colonies in the country, with uncontrolled pesticide use believed to be the cause. “The problem is that we do not produce our own pesticides,” Yelena Saltykova of the…

Gaming Giant Sony has announced that the PlayStation 5 is going to launch globally at the end of next year. The games console will come with a new controller that uses enhanced vibration technology. It will feature a solid-state…

President Sahle-Work Zewde on Monday disclosed that Ethiopia's first-ever satellite would be launched into space this December with the support of the Chinese government. Zewde disclosed this while addressing the new parliamentary…

Facebook has removed hundreds of accounts, pages and groups from its social network platforms that the company says were involved in coordinated inauthentic behaviour. The tech giant said it removed a total of 443 Facebook and 125…

As Nigeria celebrates 59th Independence anniversary, an indigenous company says  it is intensifying efforts to begin assembling of solar cars by 2020. Mr Moses Onaja, Chief Executive Officer, Sun Energy Community Development Initiative…

HMD Global on Thursday announced the launch of Nokia 7.2 in India. Set to go on sale on September 23, Nokia 7.2 will be available via Nokia.com and Flipkart at a starting price of Rs 18,599 for the 4GB, 64GB variant. The top-end model…

Apple’s new iPhone 11 is now up for pre-orders in India across Flipkart, Amazon India, and Paytm Mall. Apple’s top-end model iPhone 11 Pro and iPhone 11 Pro Max are also available for pre-booking. Apple is making sure its new iPhones…

Seven-year-old 2019 World Robot Olympiad (WRO) joint champion Brendon Ikem has said that he aimed to be the best Artificial Intelligent (AI) developer in the world. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Ikem, emerged champion…

Upon entering the world, a newborn let out a loud, distinct cry — a sign of health and vigour. It’s a cry that new parents will quickly become used to in the coming days and weeks. But if you look closely, you’ll see that a newborn’s cry is…

The chemical, known as NDMA, was formerly used in making rocket fuel. U.S. health officials have found low levels of a potentially cancer-causing chemical in a popular heartburn drug. On Friday (Sept. 13), the U.S. Food and Drug…

There’s a lost continent hidden below southern Europe. And researchers have created the most detailed reconstruction of it yet. The lost continent “Greater Adria” emerged about 240 million years ago, after it broke off from…

A boy in California died from a rare "brain-eating" amoeba infection after swimming in a hot spring, according to a new report. In October 2018, the boy swam in a natural freshwater pool in an area known as Hot Ditch, a popular…

Scientists have for the first time found a planet outside of our solar system that's home to water, in a major breakthrough in the search for habitable worlds. Water vapour has been discovered on a 'super-Earth' 110 light-years away…

Apple unveiled its iPhone 11 models Tuesday with a price cut for the most basic models while also laying out plans for streaming and gaming services as it bids to weather the slump in the global smartphone market. At an Apple media…

Two mathematicians, Andrew Booker and Andrew Sutherland have used a global network of 500,000 computers to solve a centuries-old math puzzle. The question, which goes back to at least 1955 and may have been pondered by Greek thinkers…

Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is still hopeful about re-establishing contact with its Vikram moon lander after it fell silent on Saturday. ISRO chairman K Sivan said the efforts to re-establish the contact will be kept…

India lost contact with its unmanned spacecraft just before it was due to land on the Moon on Saturday, in a blow to the country’s ambitious low-cost lunar program. India had hoped to become the fourth country, after the United States,…

Yahoo’s global email service is experiencing a fault making it impossible for users to send and receive messages or make use of their webmail accounts. In the UK, the problem has also affected BT, Sky and TalkTalk’s email accounts,…