Anyone currently in the country that can't perceive the austerity in the economic condition of the people is simply being hypocritical. Prices of fuel have more than tripled, moving from one place to another has become expensive ventures, and prices of goods and foods are at an all-time high.
Talking about foods. The most basic of human needs is food. With food in our stomachs, all other things become secondary. Interestingly, Nigeria has a huge chunk of arable land. So, why are foods so expensive when everyone can plant something?
I think we are just being complacent about the gift that nature has bestowed on us as a country.
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STEMng is the Nigerian sub-community of the stemsocial community, a community that has been supporting stem authors on the hive blockchain for about four years now. While stemsocial focuses on everyone irrespective of their country, STEMng is specifically for Nigerians. The best stem contents published by Nigerians on the Hive blockchain are highlighted weekly.
Below are the posts that made it into our digest for this week:
Beauty and the Beast. That describes the theme of our first selection for this week. Ornamental plants are awesome around residential areas. Thus, the first instinct when a beautiful plant is sighted in the jungle is how beautiful it will be as an ornamental plant. Warning! Don't invite danger to yourself. Some of those plants you see are death wrapped in beauty. Read the post to see examples.
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The most beautiful and well-crafted architecture - the human body. Scientists can build robots with superhuman abilities, but the structure will never be as complex as the human body. We may think we already know enough, but we could as well just be starting. Here is a post talking about the human body. Read, and increase your knowledge.
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Asthma! A disease that looks ordinary, yet so deadly. I have read a couple of social media posts about people losing their loved ones to asthma this year alone. I have witnessed an asthma attack, and will never wish that on anyone. In this post, the author writes about a potential prophylactic measure against asthma in the form of a vaccine. Should be an interesting read.
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"The era of global warming is over, what we have now is global boiling." Those are not my words but that of the UN. If they were to be mine, I will use 'burn' instead of 'boil'. The vituperation by the UN makes this particular post on climate change urgency and a sustainable future more relevant. A recommended read.
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Our last featured post for this week is more or less an advice, and this makes it more befitting as the final post. In a nutshell, if you have a health condition that requires regular appointments and or checkups, don't ever skip - thinking you are doing fine. The consequences may be too overwhelming.
And that ends our selections for this week. Do not forget to give the featured posts/authors your maximum support. Thank you in advance.
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