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The Sixth African Forum on Science, Technology, and Innovation
The Forum's conclusions demonstrated how vital it is to fund science, technology, and innovation (STI) in order to reshape the continent. The topic emphasised the role of STI in accomplishing the objectives of the 2063 Agenda and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
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Enugu State University of Science and Technology (ESUT) Cut-Off Mark for 2024/2025
The Enugu State University of Science and Technology (ESUT) has three major campuses. The ESUT cut-off mark for the 2024/2025 academic year is key to enrolling at the learning institution. You must score at least 160 or 200 in the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) to be eligible for the post-UTME screening exercise.
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Voyager-1 Sends Science Data Back to Earth
Voyager-1 is the only spacecraft to fly in interstellar space, the region outside the Solar System. The team at Nasa's Jet Propulsion Laboratory is now planning to enable the Spacecraft to begin returning science data again. On November 14, 2023, the team at JPL was stunned as the spacecraft stopped sending readable science and engineering data back to Earth.
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Nominating a Colleague for an ASBMB Award
Nominations are being accepted until April 30 for the Society’s 2025 annual awards recognizing members for their contributions to their fields, education and diversity. We often embrace failure, knowing it’s part of the scientific and learning process. Awards shine a light on scientific breakthroughs and help inspire the next generation of science trainees. Individuals with minoritized identities were, for many years, left out of the running for awards and recognition.
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Yellowstone’s Spectacular Reintroduction of Wolves
Yellowstone’s dramatic transformation through the reintroduction of wolves has become a global parable for how to correct out-of-balance ecosystems. But decades of damage from elk herds’ grazing and trampling so thoroughly changed the landscape that large areas remain scarred and may not recover for a long time, if ever.
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Read more at The New York Times
GLOBE - Science Becomes Not Just a Subject But a Journey
Globally, GLOBE connects students across borders, fostering collaboration to address shared environmental challenges. Students take on the role of citizen scientists, identifying pollution hot­spots along coastal areas or suggesting modifications to school transportation strategies to promote cleaner air.
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The Importance of Using Science to Understand Dhamma
Buddhist empiricism and beliefs that Buddha dispelled have crept back into Buddhism. It is true that some of it has cultural, artistic, or sentimental values. But if the human affliction for beliefs and mysticism are used to exploit the innocent and waste valuable resources that could be put into better use, that would be an insult to Dhamma, its author, and purveyors.
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NASA's Voyager 1 Sends Usable Data
Voyager 1 resumed its function of sending usable data about the health and status of its onboard engineering systems for the first time in nine months. The spacecraft continued to receive the space agency's commands and operate normally. Later, in March, it was discovered that the issue was tied to one of Voyer's three onboard computers, called the flight data subsystem (FDS)
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Honeywell Supports Indian Startups Engaged in Deep Science Research
Honeywell Hometown Solutions India Foundation (HHSIF) has joined forces with the Foundation for Science, Innovation and Development (FSID) and the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) This partnership aims to provide essential research and financial support to Indian startups. Over the past four years, this initiative has extended capital worth Rs 9 crores to 37 Indian start-ups. In the fiscal year 2023-24, Rs 2.4 crores were allocated to eight startups, along with support for five entrepreneurship-in-residence programs
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Miss England - Jessica Pilskin to Promote Women in Science
Jessica Pilskin, a 22-year-old physics student at the University of Bristol, said women were 'really under-represented' in science, technology, engineering and maths (Stem) she beat 5,000 other contestants to reach the final 40.
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