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Astronomers looking for evidence of intelligent life beyond Earth may have overlooked promising signals simply because they have concentrated on a relatively narrow portion of the radio spectrum. Most radio SETI (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) projects have targeted frequencies between 1.42 and 1.66 GHz. This region is often called the ‘water hole’ because it falls between the natural radio emissions produced by hydrogen and hydroxyl, which combine to form water. Researchers have long considered this quiet region of the spectrum a potentially logical meeting place for interstellar communication. An advanced civilization might recognize the importance of hydrogen and hydroxyl and…

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By Deborah Oyekale BBNaija Season 11 housemate Ricky has issued a stark warning to his fellow housemates, declaring that they have yet to witness his true self. The warning comes in the wake of a heated clash involving Ricky and fellow housemates Neche and Nomy. During the confrontation, Nomy branded Ricky an “Agbaya” — a Yoruba term used to describe a disrespectful elder — and declared she would never speak to him again. Ricky, however, maintained that Nomy was simply trying to provoke a reaction from him. The fallout from the altercation saw Ricky face backlash from other male housemates,…

Fusion Klassroom Edutech IPO day 1: The initial public offering (IPO) of educational technology (Edtech) company Fusion Klassroom Edutech opened for public subscription on Friday, 31 July. The SME IPO was witnessing decent response from investors, while grey market sources indicate the stock may list at a modest premium.Meanwhile, ahead of the IPO, the company raised ₹11.08 crore from anchor investors by allocating 6,96,800 shares at a price of ₹159 per share.Fusion Klassroom Edutech IPO GMPAccording to grey market sources, the grey market premium (GMP) of Fusion Klassroom Edutech shares was ₹9 on Friday morning. This indicates the stock could…

President Bola Tinubu has stated that the creation of four additional divisions of the Nigerian Army to complement the existing eight was to ensure that the military responded swiftly to acts of insecurity wherever they happened. He added that the 12 divisions are now better motivated to tackle the insecurity in the country that has festered for long. The president stated this while receiving traditional rulers under the auspices of the Oyo State Council of Obas, led by the Olubadan of Ibadan, His Imperial Majesty, Oba Rashidi Adewolu Ladoja, Arusa 1, in the State House on Thursday. According to the…

Key eventsMore now on Iran’s military saying it launched drone strikes targeting US military facilities in Kuwait on Friday, as fighting between Washington and Tehran resumed after a nearly week-long lull.The army said it targeted “fighter aircraft shelters, satellite communications systems and equipment storage facilities at Ahmad al-Jaber air base in Kuwait”.There was no immediate comment from the US military’s Central Command.The Iranian army said in a statement the strikes came in response to US military’s recent aggression and “brutal attack” on a residential home on Qeshm Island, Agence France-Presse reports.Local media reported on Thursday that three members of a…

Wheelock PlaceHongkong LandHongkong Land, the property arm of the billionaire Keswick family’s Jardine Matheson, is acquiring Singapore’s Wheelock Place from Wharf Real Estate Investment Company for S$1.1 billion ($900 million).The company said on Thursday it has agreed to purchase the mixed-use development from Wharf, the Hong Kong-based firm controlled by billionaire Peter Woo, through its Singapore Central Private Real Estate Fund (SCPREF). Located on Singapore’s Orchard Road, a premier shopping boulevard, the 21-storey building has a total gross floor area of about 43,000 square meters comprising office space and a retail podium. The deal marks SCPREF’s first acquisition since Hongkong…

Anthropic ⁠said on Thursday its AI Claude model hacked ⁠systems of ⁠three ​organizations during testing, days after rival OpenAI ⁠revealed a rogue agent had gone on a days-long ⁠hacking spree at AI ​firm Hugging ‌Face.Claude gained ‌unauthorized access to the ‌systems during cybersecurity evaluations after a misconfiguration allowed the models to reach the internet from testing environments that ‌were supposed to be isolated, Anthropic said.The company said ​it identified the incidents after reviewing 141,006 cybersecurity evaluation runs, a process it ⁠launched following OpenAI’s disclosures.The ‌breaches signal that AI’s expanding capabilities are already fueling the security threat experts have long feared…

•SSG regains freedom, APC kicks •They plan to arrest me too — Osun speaker OSOGBO— FOLLOWING the detention of Secretary to the State Government, SSG, Mr Teslim Igbalaye, by operatives of the police command over alleged vote buying, Governor Ademola Adeleke, yesterday, declared that the people of the state will not succumb to any form of external interfereance or intimidation as the August 15 governorship election draws near. This came as the Police command confirmed the release of the SSG from its custody. Igbalaye was detained along with five others for allegedly committing vote-buying-related offences, as the police recovered Permanent…

Weather happens in the boundary layer, the atmosphere from ground level to a few thousand metres, but this can be difficult to study in detail: weather stations are too low, and aircraft are expensive. Instrumented weather balloons are the traditional solution, and thousands are released every day. But these are at the mercy of the wind and use irreplaceable helium.Drones offer an alternative and the US company Meteomatics has taken the idea further with Meteobase, a base station on the ground with a drone that can be launched and recovered automatically. It carries out a pre-programmed flight, gathering data at…