Felix Kioko
ANIMAL SENTINELS: Smell
Survival for the fittest you have probably heard this phrase at some point. However, it does not always correspond to strength. Other...
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Felix Kioko
Sep 304 min read
ANIMAL SENTINELS : Hearing and vision
In the natural world, survival often hinges on an organism’s ability to perceive and respond to its environment. While humans rely...
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Felix Kioko
Apr 23 min read
EDD: A TALE OF STRENGHT AND ADVENTURE
Whizzing by at 105 km/hr, destination Nairobi, the concrete jungle—a far contrast from the green bushlands of the Tsavo National Park...
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Felix Kioko
Nov 10, 20234 min read
REVOLUTIONIZING BIOTECHNOLOGY: GENETIC MODIFICATION'S THE SOCIOECONOMIC FRONTIER
Genetic modification, or GMO, encompasses altering an organism's DNA through advanced biotechnological techniques. Historically, humans...
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Felix Kioko
Oct 16, 20234 min read
Editing Our Future: Gene Editing's Impact on Socioeconomic Disparities
Genes are sections of the long DNA molecule coiled up in each cell of every living organism. From microorganisms and insects to plants...
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Felix Kioko
Sep 24, 20234 min read
THE IMMORTAL JELLY FISH
Turritopsis dohrnii, immortal jellyfish Jellyfish, often admired for their elegance and mystery underwater, undergo a dramatic...
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Felix Kioko
Jul 4, 20234 min read
CRYOPRESERVATION: Technology vs Nature
Cryopreservation is the use of very low temperatures to preserve structurally intact living cells and tissues for a long period of time...
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Felix Kioko
May 12, 20236 min read
TITANS OF THE SEA
The mangrove tree, with its intricate web of prop roots and branches, is a true titan of the coastal ecosystem. Its twisted and gnarled...
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Felix Kioko
Feb 17, 20233 min read
DIVERS OF THE DEEP: Antarctic waters
The deep ocean around Antarctica is a unique place. The weight of the ice sheets has pushed the continental shelf to be deeper than most...
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Felix Kioko
Dec 22, 20223 min read
DIVERS OF THE DEEP SERIES: GIGANTISM
Since man started roaming the oceans there have been numerous accounts of giants in the deep. Some are pure fiction while some are just...
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Felix Kioko
May 26, 20224 min read
THE SWEETNESS OF NATURE
There are more than 20,000 species of bees in the world yet many of us only know of the famous honey bee. Honey bees are just one of the...
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Felix Kioko
Mar 1, 20225 min read
A GLIMPSE OF THE FUTURE
In its latest report, the first working group of the IPCC does not only reconstruct past climate changes and observe those that are...
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Felix Kioko
Jan 27, 20224 min read
VENOM AND MEDICINE
There are more than 100,000 venomous animal species identified in the world. Each of these species is capable of producing venoms that...
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Felix Kioko
Nov 17, 20213 min read
BIOMIMICRY: THE MANTIS SHRIMP
To humans the mantis shrimp is known as the “thumb splitter,” due to its propensity to punch the digits out of unfortunate fishers. To...
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Felix Kioko
Nov 6, 20214 min read
BIOMIMICRY: TERMITES AND BUILDINGS
BIOMIMICRY "The solutions are all around us", sounds cliché, I know but this can’t be any further from the truth. Nature in itself is...
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Felix Kioko
Oct 2, 20214 min read
MYTH BUSTERS
Cats and dogs are colour blind The myth that cats and dogs only see in black and white has been around for quite a while. However, this...
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Felix Kioko
Sep 4, 20214 min read
Mantis shrimp: Colour perception
Color vision is a complex and interesting subject to learn more about because of how significant it is in our understanding and...
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Felix Kioko
Aug 19, 20214 min read
FASHION: SCIENCE MEETS ENVIRONMENT
The connection between what you wear and animal welfare Originally most clothes were made by hand. Every item was created individually...
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Felix Kioko
Jul 22, 20213 min read
WILDLIFE AND TECHNOLOGY
Humpback Whale Fins: Wind Power Humpback whales are one of the largest animals on Earth, and yet they move with speed thanks to momentum...
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Felix Kioko
Jul 13, 20214 min read
BEHIND THE CAGES: Northern white rhino
The northern white rhino once occurred in southern Chad, the Central African Republic, southwestern Sudan, northern Democratic Republic...
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