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WILD: 🇺🇸🇳🇬 FBI says 25 people have been convicted in a $215 million Nigerian fraud scheme targeting over 1,000 victims across 47 U.S. states.

A teenage prodigy in quantum physics is aiming to tackle one of science’s biggest challenges: human aging. Laurent Simons earned his PhD in quantum physics from the University of Antwerp at just 15. Rather than slowing down, he has already begun a second doctorate, this time focusing on medical science and artificial intelligence. His long-term ambition is to better understand aging and disease, with the hope of helping extend healthy human lifespan. He has described death as a complex “puzzle,” made up of many interconnected pieces across biology, physics, and engineering. His strategy is to study these layers together, using AI to analyze biological systems and identify patterns that would be difficult to detect otherwise. Simons’ academic journey has been unusually fast. He completed high school by age 8, finished a bachelor’s degree at 12, and went on to earn both a master’s and PhD in quantum physics years ahead of typical timelines. His doctoral work explored advanced topics like Bose–Einstein condensates, where atoms behave as a single quantum system at extremely low temperatures. Although highly theoretical, this research underpins technologies such as quantum computing and precision measurement. Now, his focus is shifting toward biology and medicine. In AI-driven healthcare, researchers are already using machine learning to improve early disease detection, model protein structures, and accelerate drug development. In the field of aging, scientists are investigating ways to reduce cellular damage, eliminate dysfunctional cells, and better understand how the body changes over time. However, experts stress that “solving aging” is extraordinarily complex. While lifespan extension has been achieved in simple organisms, applying those findings to humans remains a major scientific hurdle. Simons himself acknowledges that meaningful progress could take decades. Even so, his path reflects a broader trend in science—where breakthroughs are increasingly happening at the intersection of disciplines, and younger researchers are setting ambitious, long-term goals. Learn more: "15-year-old genius sets his sights on solving human immortality." Brighter Side.

Am I dreaming?😳😳 Okay maybe I’m dreaming but lemme pick my phone and tweet. This will be a confirmation if this is a dream or not.

Cunha and Mbeumo next season when they hear Champions League anthem for the first time. 😂😂

• Michael, what are the emotions you're feeling right now? You've just beaten the king of the competition? Olise: "King of the competition?"

Getting scammed isn't embarrassing.... Explaining the process is jsyk

WHY DO BACK AND FORTH WHEN YOU CAN BUY THE WHOLE ORGANIZATION.

Hit me any unpopular opinion 🤲🏾🤲🏾🤲🏾

If you didn't travel by road across Nigeria before 2015, 2010, you may not fully understand what years of misrule did to Nigeria in the aspect of insecurity. Travelling by road was fun. Many people could afford to fly, but still opted to go by road because it was safe and fun. I did. It was exciting and safe to put your car on the road and travel to Ekiti, Minna, Enugu, Lafia for matters. On your way, you could pull over and pluck mangoes and cashews. Gradually, everything changed, and things are not getting better. People are being kidnapped in their homes in FCT! FCT is the seat of power. It is the president's seat. So, what should those in Ekiti, Jos, and Anambra expect? If after what happened in Jos, the Grand Commander of the Armed Forces of Nigeria put up a quick meeting at the airport on the basis of security reports and lack of power, it is a very hopeless situation for the common man. Nigeria is not broke. Billions are still being shared. They're still earmarking trillions for their election bids, buying brand new vehicles, branding them, and spending billions to buy political acceptance and alignments. Nigeria is broke because spending to benefit the people serves no political purpose for them. Neither Nigerians nor Nigeria matters to our leaders. When things reach the tipping point, many of them have perfected the plans to be airlifted to neighbouring countries. You need to be poor, to panic about insecurity, to be uneducated or poorly educated, to be jobless or underemployed for their bags of rice to find worthy beneficiaries. They need you in this state of hopelessness so that being one of the 1 million men to march for city boy would come to you as a privilege. Have you sat to interrogate your purpose? Is it lives that young people are living in Nigeria? Even the ones who are able to make money are still poor and insecure at heart. It is always about senseless acquisitions like a kleptomaniac. It is simply because nothing is guaranteed. The ultimate goal for all of us is to make money and build a tall fence. Nothing impactful. No effort towards inventions and innovations. No aspiration to make any reform in our trades and profession. Down to our relationships - purely transactional. The aggression and seriousness they put into the new Tax Act and its enforcement won't go into fighting insecurity, ensuring steady power supply, improving the health sector, and revamping our state of education. They will give you rice! They disrespect you so much that they think that you are here just for food. I don't begrudge anyone for supporting APC or Tinubu. I am able to come to terms with the fact that people have the right to choose. It is the most elementary thing I should be able to stand as a lawyer. However, for common men like me, who are not guests at the table, and can even be described as parts of the menu, I will never understand why you want Mr. Tinubu to continue in 2027. What I see isn't governance and nation building. What I see is state capture.

I fear how the North would look like in 10-15 years time with this consistent terror-attack. 💔

Old Nollywood actors didn’t make money at all. Only a few living well today. I see them on TikTok sometimes and just shake my head. I don't know if they were used by producers and marketers, or the thing wasn't just profitable then.

So what happened to others that had the same f*k you money? Why are they not Dangote? Run am if e easy.