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    Tragedy as Woman collapses, dies whilst giving Testimony in church

    A 55 year old woman simply identified as Ifeoma has reportedly died while giving testimony at the Ministry Church in Ejigbo, Lagos State. She collapsed...

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    Heavy Divorce! Bill Gates transferred another $2 Billion Worth of stock to ex-wife Melinda, totaling $6billion

    Despite their divorce, Bill Gates seems to be keeping to the promise he made on Wednesday, August 4, when he told CNN that he and Melinda French Gates would try to keep working together on their foundation after their divorce. Bill Gates transferred more than $2 billion in stock to Melinda French Gates on Thursday, August 5, according to Bloomberg. This takes total transfers from Bill Gates to Melinda French Gates since they announced their divorce in May to about $6 billion. Cascade Investment, Gates' investment vehicle, transferred 3.3 million shares, collectively worth $387 million, of the automotive retailer AutoNation to French Gates, an SEC filing showed, according to Bloomberg. Bill Gates also transferred 2.8 million shares worth a total of $1 billion of the manufacturer...

    Men and their genes could disappear someday..

    The male-determining Y chromosome could be dying out and this has prompted discussion of whether men could disappear with it. The Y chromosome has far fewer genes than the X and research suggests it's gradually shrinking even further. A person's sex is determined by whether they have two X chromosomes (which causes ovaries to develop) or an X and a Y (which results in testes). X has approximately 1,000 genes while Y has just 45 and research suggests the Y chromosome is gradually shrinking even further. Genes develop mutations over time, some of which are harmful. Chromosome can avoid passing on such harmful mutations by mixing and matching with each other during meiosis — the stage of foetal development during...

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