Nasarawa communities where humans live with hippopotamuses and crocodiles
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Nasarawa communities where humans live with hippopotamuses and crocodiles

NASA Space Technology By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia Nasarawa State, known as Home of Solid Minerals, located in North Central Nigeria, is richly endowed with a variety of solid minerals of various categories ranging from precious metals, gemstones and industrial minerals.Apart from solid minerals, the state is also blessed and surrounded by multiple rivers and streams, with some of these communities located at the bank of River Benue. For instance some communities at the river bank are under Awe, Keana, Doma and Nasarawa local government areas.Meanwhile, Giza, Ugah, Tungan Nupawa, Kekura, Wuse, Jangwa and Agyema, are different communities spread across four local government areas of the state where humans coexisted with crocodiles and hippopotamus for decades.Giza, is the headquarters of Giza development area in Keana Local Government Council where ‘Crocodiles Pond’ called ‘Ogiza’, existed for decades.So...
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Metroidvania Marko: Beyond Brave describes itself as “Slavic Silksong”, and is out now
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Metroidvania Marko: Beyond Brave describes itself as “Slavic Silksong”, and is out now

NASA Space Technology Image credit: Studio Mechka As I’m sure as is the curse of anyone who’s watched the entirety of Peep Show multiple times, I cannot read the name ‘Marko’ without hearing it in a nasally Australian accent, inquiring about cocaine. This is probably a disservice to the hero of colourful metroidvania Marko: Beyond Brave, who a quick goog tells me may be based on Krali Marko - a popular...
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E-cigarette Use May Alter Healthy Nasal Mucosa
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E-cigarette Use May Alter Healthy Nasal Mucosa

NASA Space Technology E-cigarette users and smokers had significantly higher amounts of Staphylococcus aureusin their respiratory microbiome than nonsmokers, and microbial diversity differed by sex, according to a new analysis. Researchers in a new study also found that Lactobacillus inersusually seen as a protective species, was more prevalent in smokers than in nonsmokers, whereas less prevalent in e-cigarette users than in nonsmokers.The respiratory microbiome is thought to help protect the lower respiratory tract from pathogens, but the specific effects of e-cigarettes on the respiratory or nasal microbiome have not been well studied, wrote Elise Hickman, PhD, of the Center for Environmental Medicine, Asthma and Lung Biology at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and colleagues."Identifying how e-cigarette use modifies the nasal microbiome is another step in understanding how vaping affects lung health," ...
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