#african scientists

[itsmythang]

Let’s talk about ancient African scientists. Case in point, NABTA PLAYA.

The stone circle of Nabta Playa marks the summer solstice, a time that coincided with the arrival of monsoon rains in the Sahara Desert thousands of years ago. For thousands of years, ancient societies all around the world erected massive stone circles, aligning them with the Sun and stars to mark the seasons.

[intelligentliving]

CO2 Overload Causing Forests To Lose Ability To Absorb Carbon

At the moment, plants remove about three gigatons of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere every year, as humans pump out over 11 gigatons. The balance is way out of scale. Planting more trees will help, but it likely will not be enough. Now, scientists discover that the world’s tropical forests...

[engineeringworldhealth]

This Congolese Doctor Discovered Ebola But Never Got Credit For It — Until Now

Dr. Jean-Jacques Muyembe first confronted a mysterious, bloody disease in 1976. But credit for the discovery went to Belgian researchers.

Dr. Jean-Jacques Muyembe says his story starts in 1973. He had just gotten his Ph.D. at the Rega Institute in Belgium. He could have stayed in Europe, but he decided to return to Congo, or what was then known as Zaire, which had only recently attained independence from Belgium.

[frombehindthepen]

Nabta Playa: Stone Circles Older Than Stonehenge? #AncientStoneStructure #AstronomicalObservatory #AfricanCulture

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[deadassdiaspore]

Meet William Sachiti, Man Changing The World With One Tech Innovation At A Time  - Espact

Meet William Sachiti, Man Changing The World With One Tech Innovation At A Time Africans are normally not your first thought or pick when it

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[lesliemod]

Meet The WILEY Scholar [Africans in China]- Dr. Oderinde

Meet The WILEY Scholar [Africans in China]- Dr. Oderinde

A comprehensive focus on Polymeric Materials could be another breakthrough for African development, be it biomedical or advance technology. In this article We meet Oderinde Olayinka Kehinde who will discuss his latest research and its foreseeable use for African development. Dr. Oderinde did not plan that his paper will become one of the most downloaded and most read online publication on…

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