Henry Ford. Steve Jobs. Elon Musk. Disruptive entrepreneurs may upend industries in different ways, but they have one thing in common: They don’t think like the people they disrupt. They look at the world differently — and, in my experience, more emotively, too. They appear contrarian, which makes sense. To
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Engineers have created a creepy prototype webcam shaped just like the human eye, called the Eyecam. Inspired by animatronics, Eyecam attaches to the front of a computer monitor and looks left and right – and even blinks – while tracking the face of each individual during a video call. At first glance,
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At its height in the mid-20th century, American organized crime groups, often called the mafia, grossed approximately $40 billion each year, typically raising that money through illegal or untaxed activities, such as extortion and gambling. A team of researchers used geographic information systems—a collection of tools for geographic mapping and analysis
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The possibility that vegetation cover in semi-arid and arid areas was retreating has long been an issue of international concern. In the 1930s it was first theorized that the Sahara was expanding and woody vegetation was on the retreat. In the 1970s, spurred by the “Sahel drought”, focus was on
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The richest one per cent of the world's population produces double the carbon emission of the poorest 50 per cent combined, according to the UN. And the so-called 'polluter elite' of the wealthiest 5 per cent have contributed to 37 per cent of the growth in emissions from 1990–2015, experts have
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Smacking your child can affect their brain development by altering neural responses to their environment, a new study warns. Harvard University researchers investigated the effects of smacking, known as corporal punishment, on the brains of 147 children. They found it may affect a child's brain development in similar ways to 'more severe forms
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With the emergence of technological and its contributions to ease of doing business, a myriad of investments across sectors have taken the charge to leverage technological offerings to advance their businesses. Nigeria ranks very high among the list of nations where entrepreneurs and established businesses are powering their trade with
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The United Arab Emirates has selected the first Arab woman to train as an astronaut, as the Gulf country rapidly expands into the space sector to diversify its economy. Emirati national Nora al-Matrooshi, a 27-year-old mechanical engineering graduate currently working at Abu Dhabi’s National Petroleum Construction Company, will join NASA’s 2021
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The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation on Tuesday announced a 37.21 per cent decrease in cases of pipeline vandalism across the country in the month of January 2021. It announced this in a statement issued in Abuja by its spokesperson, Kennie Obateru. It said a total of 27 pipeline points were vandalised in
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Lamenting the misinformation in certain quarters, the management of Dangote Cement Plc, yesterday, denied any form of price increase, clarifying that the product from its factories and plants nationwide sells for N2,450 in Obajana and Gboko, and N2,510 in Ibese inclusive of value-added tax (VAT). The clarification, the company noted, followed
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