These melanocytes are cells that give humans their tan to brown colour of the skin and hair. Like other cancers in the body, in melanoma there is an uncontrollable growth of abnormal melanocytes (pigment producing cells) that spread quickly in the...
For a very long time, the pursuit of knowledge was the ultimate goal of our education system. But gone are the days when power and improved livelihoods simply rested on knowledge.The advent of the 21st century has rendered knowledge acquisition...
The evolution of the English language has birthed portmanteaus such as bromance, sismance and womance to reflect a non-sexual intimate bond between people of the same gender. However, the focus of this article is on platonic relationships in...
A cool infusion permeated the warm summer day and promised a perfect summer night. The northern summer provided the briefest of stops in the midst of the North American year. And hence there was no time to waste. Every solitary summer second was...
Dear AnonymousThis article will touch on some of the rationales for clinginess in a romance and the solutions you can employ thereof.For any relationship to thrive, there ought to be an air of togetherness between the partners. There ought to be...
Once in a good while, a mistake in the kitchen might be for the greater good. One might actually make a discovery that’s worth making note of. What happened was, I went into the kitchen knowing full well that I was short of ingredients to whip up...
Or sometimes you attend an event like the Mascom Derby and everyone is driving a GD6 when you are rolling in a rickety jalopy. You take out the abacus and calculate that if you sell the car you are currently driving then you should be able to pay a...
Last week was his fastest recorded 100m race, when he powered past the finish line in a time of 9.96 during the Gaborone International Meet. This is the fastest time ever recorded by an Under-20 athlete and should have been enough to have his name...
. This disposition creates an imbalance in the supplier-consumer relationship and it is almost at the detriment of consumers who lack the expertise to detect signs of unfairness in the contracts until when it is too late. Most consumers always sign...
And yet in these blemishes, it’s beauty shone even brighter. It’s light illuminated since the beginning of time, to reveal the way for the most intrepid of explorers and to fuel mankind’s ambitions and dreams. It’s incandescent beams seemed...
In the 20th century, it was popularised by a British cosmologist named Martin Rees and an American astrophysicist named Carl Edward Sagan. This aphorism helps people appreciate that human-to-human interventions are not exclusively binary, that life...
In spite of the continuing culture of academic under achievement, many schools are still caught up or entangled in a state of inertia.Year in and year out, fresh commitments are made and resources are allocated to redeem the ailing education system...
Every occasion tailors a menu to add to the experience of the guest. Food is not only important for general wellbeing, eating a healthy diet and discovering the right foods to eat for your own body increases longevity. We hosted a bubbly breakfast...
The purpose of this day is to empower individuals with knowledge and confidence to acquire good oral health.Dental caries (tooth decay)Dental caries, also referred to as cavities and tooth decay are both common and preventable. Globally it is...
The Forbes office was met with an apology of sorts that went something like ‘those lofty standards cannot work here. We are pleading with Forbes to lower their threshold otherwise we are likely to get a Forbes 0 under 30 situation’. The somewhat...
These phones are now a part of consumers lives and the demand is ever growing and so is the consumer pain. A number of local cell phone shops, tend to set their own terms when issuing out warranties on purchased cell phones without having regard to...
As I glanced about, I saw two wooden walls enclose on one side. What kind of feeble prison was this? I could easily escape from the other side. I looked down and I saw this carrier bag emblazoned with a logo that at any given moment had the immense...
It has had tacks in it, and splinters, and boards torn up, and places with no carpet on the floor - bare.” Wouldn’t you say that through his careful choice of words, Hughes, the logophile, succeeded in helping the reader visualise how tough life...
The changes were primarily predicated upon a desire to drive the Reset Agenda and improve service deliver. Some ministries have become leaner after shedding excess fats while others have grown bigger after assuming additional responsibilities. Some...
While its commonly seen in adults, it can affect children, adolescents and women during pregnancy. The skin is the biggest organ in the human body and it tells a lot of stories about what is going on in the internal organs. By no means is the skin...
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