Unhelpful staff, demands for bribes, lack of seating, broken air-conditioning and a tent for an arrivals hall. Nigeria’s Port Harcourt International Airport was recently voted the worst in the world. The damning verdict came from…
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#WeirdNews: 2,000 farting sheep cause plane to emergency land
A plane had to make an emergency landing because of 2,000 farting sheep. The Singapore Airlines chartered flight had to stop after a smoke indicator was triggered in the cargo bay, according to a report…
#ArtNews: The Godfather gets African look for Mali exhibition
To the casual observer, the black-and-white stills of Al Pacino, Marlon Brando and Diane Keaton look like run-of-the-mill publicity shots for Francis Ford Coppola’s classic mafia caper The Godfather. A closer inspection of the photo series…
Diamonds may not be so rare as once thought, study says
Diamonds may not be as rare as once believed, but this finding in a new Johns Hopkins University research report won’t mean deep discounts at local jewelry stores. Sorry Ladies! Published in Nature Communications, the…
Got the right stuff? NASA is hiring astronauts
Think you have the right stuff to be an astronaut? NASA issued a hiring call on Wednesday for space explorers that may fly on future missions aboard commercially built spacecraft or NASA’s deep-space Orion capsule….
Can human excrement really fuel the developing world?
Gas produced by decaying human waste is a potentially major source of energy, providing electricity for millions of homes while improving sanitary conditions in developing countries, says a UN report. Biogas — about 60 percent…
Top 3 Halloween parties in Nairobi for 2015
Halloween is the only occasion when scary dance moves, ghastly make-up and torn and tattered clothes are acceptable. Like a stealthy ghost, the frightfully fantastic Halloween weekend has snuck up upon us. Like the costumes…
#Study: Do fish cry for help to escape predators?
Distressed fish caught by predators emit a cry for help to attract other carnivores so they can escape during the ensuing chaos, Australian scientists said Thursday. While researchers had discovered that fish emit a chemical…
Half of Africa’s vultures flying towards extinction: conservationists
Africa’s vultures are increasingly the victims of poisoning and poachers, leaving around half the continent’s 11 vulture species critically endangered, a top conservation body warned Thursday. The International Union for the Conservation of Nature said…
World’s oldest bible on show as British Museum tracks Egypt’s religions
The world’s oldest bible is among 200 objects tracing Egypt’s religious evolution in an exhibition at London’s British Museum, which opens Friday and spans the 1,200 years since Cleopatra’s death. Titled “Egypt: faith after the…