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Egg Shape Depends On Flying Skills of Bird

The rich variety in shapes of the eggs that birds lay -- elliptical, pointy, spherical -- seems to be linked to how...

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Evidence of Ancient ‘geological Brexit’ Revealed

The UK has now started the formal process of leaving the EU, but scientists say they have evidence of a much earlier...

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Amma Asante, Jojo Abot, Philomena Kwao, Others Make Top 100 African Women List

In celebration of Women’s History Month, Pan-African brand Okay Africa has unveiled a list of 100 African women who...

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Amma Asante, Jojo Abot, Philomena Kwao, Others Make Top 100 African Women List

In celebration of Women’s History Month, Pan-African brand OkayAfrica has unveiled a list of 100 African women who...

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Ageing Cheerleaders Offer Glimpse of World’s Longest-Living Women

Waving white pom poms in the air, dozens of grey-haired cheerleaders in matching red and white uniforms hop and skip to...

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For A Longer Life Eat 10 A Day

Eating loads of fruit and vegetables - 10 portions a day - may give us longer lives, say researchers. The study, by...

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Study Shows Many Are Likely To Live Into Their 90s By 2030

Average life expectancy will soar into the 90s in many parts of the world in a decade, a study predicts. Despite...

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Life Expectancy To Break 90 Barrier By 2030

South Korean women will be the first in the world to have an average life expectancy above 90, a study suggests....

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Women’s Life Expectancy On Track To Hit 90 In Some Nations

By 2030 life expectancy for South Korean women could top nine decades, an average lifespan long thought to be out of...

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Ebola ‘super-Spreaders’ Cause Most Cases

The majority of cases in the world’s largest outbreak of Ebola were caused by a tiny handful of patients, research...

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Ebola ‘super-Spreaders’ Cause Most Cases

The majority of cases in the world’s largest outbreak of Ebola were caused by a tiny handful of patients, research...

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Disease ‘superspreaders’ Fueled the Ebola Epidemic

Disease 'superspreaders' fueled the spread of the devastating Ebola epidemic in 2014, a new study claims. The West...

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Small Percentage of People Spread Most Ebola Cases

Most of the people infected with Ebola in the West Africa epidemic that began in 2014 got sick through contact with a...

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Are Diet Drinks A No-Go?

It’s rare in life to have your cake and eat it. But are low-calorie sweeteners the guilt-free way to be naughty?...

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The Questions We Must Ask the Candidates and the Issues We Must Vote On

It is less than 30 days to the elections and as it is expected the political climate in Ghana is highly charged. There...

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Rwanda Begins Zipline Commercial Drone Deliveries

What is being hailed as the world's first commercial regular drone delivery service is beginning drop-offs in Rwanda....

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Government To Support Potential HIV Medicine

Government of Ghana will support newly discovered HIV medicine, Deputy chief of Staff, Jonny Osei Kofi has said. He...

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Ghana Finds Potential HIV Cure

The Centre of Awareness has disclosed that it has found a potential cure for HIV/AIDS following ten years of research...