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Dubai, Abu Dhabi ban high energy incandescent light bulbs

After July, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), one of the world's largest oil producers, will no longer import high energy incandescent light bulbs. And...

Marrakech biker chicks wear bootleg Chanel and Louis Vuitton Abayas

If you thought that women from the Middle East and North Africa all wear drab black blankets over the head and stay home to...

Walking architecture envisions a built environment based on human motion

Daydreams can catalyze real change. Look to the far-reaching influence of designers who choose to work in the hypothetical, where unrestricted creativity is unfettered...

El Gouna: Egypt builds MENA’s first carbon-neutral city

El Gouna, a resort city on Egypt's Red Sea Riviera, is set to become the first carbon-neutral city in that nation, in Africa, and...

Burj residents sweat over developer threats to cut A/C and elevator services

Residents of the world's tallest building in Dubai are being punished over unpaid maintenance fees - some of them unjustly. In order to pressure...

Pushing on for the sodium ion battery, in Nature

One of the most pressing problems of modern society is how to convert and store energy. Lithium ion batteries have been the main energy...

First pics of Foster + Partners futuristic incubator building at Masdar City

Masdar City is starting to shape up with a roster of new buildings. Siemens recently completed their LEED Platinum headquarters, the new IRENA headquarters...

Lebanon’s largest landfill gets blocked by protestors

Lebanon has had its share of pollution and garbage issues laundered out on Green Prophet. There have been stories of garbage trucks dumping their...

Oldest Hebrew inscription from Jerusalem deciphered: “the wine was cheap”

Archeologists have deciphered what they believe to be the oldest Hebrew texts originating from the Holy City of Jerusalem: "the wine was cheap", is...

Siemens opens Middle East’s greenest office building at Masdar City (PHOTOS)

When the Middle East eco-city developers from Masdar approached David Ardill, Partner and Design Director at Sheppard Robson, to design Siemens' new corporate headquarters at...

Can there be more Masdar eco-cities in the Middle East?

Can there be more Masdars? Can this experimental eco-city be replicated in other Middle Eastern or North African countries that don't have Abu Dhabi's...

This wavy Expo pavilion will eat greenhouse gas in 2015

Remember how exciting it was when we first saw pictures of Masdar City in the United Arab Emirates. Masdar is the futuristic terra-cotta curvy buildings...

The Shard is getting a neighbor and Qatar is footing the bill

There was great hullabaloo when The Shard was completed just one year ago. Not only was it financed by Qatar, but the 306 meter...

Time to tour … Erbil? Hey, it’s the Arab Tourism Capital of 2014

With outstanding infrastructural improvement due in large part to projects launched by the cutting-edge real estate development company, Empire World, Erbil in Iraq is...

Dubai exploded 400,000 fireworks in record-shattering NYE display [video]

Dubai rang in 2014 with a record-shattering fireworks display. In an effort to break the Guinness World Record for the world's largest fireworks extravaganza...

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Key Rules Recreational Cannabis Users Must Follow in Pittsburgh

Adults who are 21 or older can carry up to 30 grams. This amount applies to personal use within Pittsburgh’s limits. Carrying more could lead to confiscation or legal action. Staying under the limit avoids problems during any public stop.

Turning Your Energy Consultancy into an LLC: 4 Legal Steps for Founders in Texas

If you are starting a renewable energy business in Texas, learn how to start an LLC by the books.

Ancient Chinese medicine might heal spinal cord injuries

In the study, the scientists didn’t just test one plant compound at a time. They tested two traditional Chinese medicine compounds together — luteolin (from flowers like honeysuckle and chrysanthemum) and astragaloside IV (from astragalus root, Huang Qi). These plants have been combined in Chinese herbal formulas for centuries to help the body recover from injury and inflammation.

Luxury meets the textile waste stream with Coach – Bank & Vogue

A new collaboration between luxury brand Coach and textile reuse pioneer Bank & Vogue attempts to stitch those two worlds together: high fashion and the global textile waste stream.

EU startup aiming to generate energy on moon villages

Stepping up to democratize the moon is an EU-funded company, Deep Space Energy, which has just raised more than $1 million USD as a seed fund to help it create energy generators on the moon.

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Key Rules Recreational Cannabis Users Must Follow in Pittsburgh

Adults who are 21 or older can carry up to 30 grams. This amount applies to personal use within Pittsburgh’s limits. Carrying more could lead to confiscation or legal action. Staying under the limit avoids problems during any public stop.

Turning Your Energy Consultancy into an LLC: 4 Legal Steps for Founders in Texas

If you are starting a renewable energy business in Texas, learn how to start an LLC by the books.

Ancient Chinese medicine might heal spinal cord injuries

In the study, the scientists didn’t just test one plant compound at a time. They tested two traditional Chinese medicine compounds together — luteolin (from flowers like honeysuckle and chrysanthemum) and astragaloside IV (from astragalus root, Huang Qi). These plants have been combined in Chinese herbal formulas for centuries to help the body recover from injury and inflammation.

Luxury meets the textile waste stream with Coach – Bank & Vogue

A new collaboration between luxury brand Coach and textile reuse pioneer Bank & Vogue attempts to stitch those two worlds together: high fashion and the global textile waste stream.

EU startup aiming to generate energy on moon villages

Stepping up to democratize the moon is an EU-funded company, Deep Space Energy, which has just raised more than $1 million USD as a seed fund to help it create energy generators on the moon.

Jujube, the sidr tree of medicine and magic

A magic holy sidr bath to deflect the evil eye? It needs 7 powdered sidr leaves stirred into a bucket of warm water. The hadith of the Prophet Muhammad allows to repeat healing prayers and verses from the Koran to increase the water’s potency. 5 grams, or 1 tablespoon of sidr powder equals 7 leaves.

Jean-Pierre Conte: Five Principles That Guide My Philanthropic Decisions

Jean Pierre Conte is the chairman and managing director of Genstar Capital, a leading middle-market private equity firm with investments in healthcare, software, financial services and industrial technology.

Ancient Roman strategy game figured out with AI

Two thousand years ago, someone scratched a web of lines into stone in a Roman settlement on the empire’s northern edge. Soldiers, traders, or locals passing time in Coriovallum—now Heerlen in the Netherlands, moved small counters across those lines in a tactical duel of blockade and entrapment.
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