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Tackling protozoan parasites of cattle in sub-Saharan Africa
Cattle are host to a plethora of infectious agents including viruses, bacteria, prions, and a range of parasites comprising worms, ectoparasites, and protozoa.…

Ghanaian Scientists Discover Target for Malaria Vaccine
The long search for malaria vaccine might soon be over as researchers from the University of Ghana have identified and characterized a novel…

Sheep flock–follow the leader wherever they go
Sheep are highly social animals that continually require other sheep in the flock to be present. They are hardwired to follow each other…

Albert Stevens: A Miraculous Survivor of A Radiation Experiment
Government secretly and nonconsensually chose him as a guinea pig for a secret experiment that sought to study the reaction of the human…

New Year Celebrations Kill Large Number of Birds
A street in Rome, Italy with strewn with dead birds after the 2021 new year celebrations. The dead birds were sighted at the…

Human invisibility through gene hacking
Introduction:Scientists at the University of California, Irvine have achieved a groundbreaking feat by granting cells the remarkable ability to camouflage and become invisible.…

Men are Less Likely to Seek Help When Depressed
Globally, the prevalence of depression among women is about twice that in men. However, suicide rate in men is significantly higher than women.

Biodiversity Loss and Pollution of Ghana’s Ecosystems
The country has lost about 80% of its forest cover between 1990 and 2018. The University of Maryland estimates that there was a…

Babies Become Happy When Imitated, Says Researchers
Imitating young infants seems to be an effective way to catch their interest and bond with them. The mothers were quite surprised to…