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Post-International Women's Day: Finding the 'extra’ in your 'ordinariness’

March 8 is one special day that bears relevance to women all over the world and even to men. It's one day that ladies can say solely belongs to them. It's Inter...

African multiregionalism theory: In defence of Africa as the cradle of human beginning

Hi Friends, I have been reading a book for the past month which has quite much gotten my attention. Although this book titled the "Last King of Scotland" by Gil...

The Objects of Science: A focus on Kyrzada Rodriguez

Hi Friends, A lot of times, when we talk about science, be it in biological or physical and chemical sciences, we tend to talk about it in an abstract, fluid wa...

Eating is Living: The Psychology of Food

Hi Friends, Something ridiculous happened here which has never happened - I took down an entire post. And it wasn't because I lost track of what I was doing or ...

Don't Hold your Breath, you can Breathe easy now with Artificial Gills

Hi Friends, Water is life. That's a cliché that seems to be used quite as many times as the word water itself is used. But then, in a more literal sense, that's...

HOMECOMING: ROCK BOTTOM AND HILLBILLY

> Neither gods nor men will ever compel me to let you turn Casterly Rock into your whorehouse.' - Game of Thrones (Never mind this, just an effing random quote)...

Numero Uno: Decapolis

Hi Friends, Numero Uno continues... > A few dozen hours can affect the outcome of whole lifetimes. And that when they do, those few dozen hours, like the salvag...

680 STEEM ~ Sponsored Writing Contest: GRAFT

Welcome to the @OriginalWorks sponsored writing contest! Status: CLOSED. Accepted Languages: English Start Time: ~11:50 PM ET, Saturday End Time: ~11:50 PM ET, ...

Numero Uno: Morning Disaster

Hi Friends, Story telling is a passion that does not die, not with time or age. So despite my having promised myself that there will no fictional illusion for t...

GRAFT: Enabling the Mass Acceptance and Adoption of Cryptocurrency Payments in the Payment Processing Space through the Solutions Of POS, Terminal Integration, RTA etc.

1.0 Abstract (A Chatty Prologue) Ok, before anything else, let me let you in on an awkward secret: I am very broke. And by 'broke', I mean I am very much out of...

The STEMNG Meet up: Te ka, Te Fiti and the Heart of Redemption

Hi Friends, > There comes a day when you're gonna look around and realize happiness is where you are - Chief Tui, Moana. Memories are like scrapbooks, they neve...

Wouldn't you rather STEM with us? (An Open Letter to the Nigerian Donnas on Steemit).

Dear Nigerian Donna, I love me some Black Panther. You do too. And this is not just because of the action packed, muscled T’challa scenes we were served or the ...

Dwarfism: HOW DANGEROUS IS 'SHORT'?

Hi Friends, Just so you know, I am really more on the short side. And I like to think of my short, petite stature not as a consequence of genetic breeding, but ...

Transgenderism: the Possibility of Rebirth

Hi Friends, You ever heard the name William Bruce Jenner? Let me give you a minute to think about it. ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... That's about time. Ok, the...

The Science of Success (We Die Here Fighting)

Hi Friends, If there is any one catch phrase that has lain steeped in my brain like a dormant bacterium, it is this: > Winners will always be winners; and loser...

Streamity: The Decentralised, Secure P2P Exchange and Information Portal for Blockchain Millennials

Despite the truly liberating fixture of cryptocurrency on the economic map, it is surprising to know that not too many people in the world have adopted and inte...

No Way in the World should we Forget the Littlest Wonders of the HUMAN ANATOMY

Hi Friends, Gratitude. That's all I am about today. And this is not because there is some particularly exciting event have triggered me out of the haze that has...

605 STEEM + 60 Bonuses ~ Sponsored Writing Contest: Streamity

Welcome to the @OriginalWorks sponsored writing contest! Status: CLOSED. Accepted Languages: English Start Time: ~11 PM ET, Friday End Time: ~11 PM ET, Monday T...

The world is Big and Unfriendly, so is the Lower Abdomen of a Female

Hi Friends, No doubt, pain comes in different shapes and sizes. A stinging twitch of the eyes, an ooze of painful pus from the ears, a boil in the armpit, an am...

BandZ: The Truest Blockchain Solution in the Actualisation of a Decentralised Internet

There was once a time when I couldn't quite make sense of the world's foray for a stable, uninterrupted globally enthused internet connection. Everyone seemed t...