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Is this the world’s longest billboard?

It looks like yet another world record may be broken soon with the world's longest billboard along the side of the Sheikh Zayed Road,...

Sand Babel: a solar 3D-printed skyscraper made with desert twist

An invention that 3D prints buildings using sand as a raw material? We knew that someone would put Markus Keyser's amazing solar sinter tool to...

Forget Godzilla! We see Dubai storm swallow mile-high Burj Khalifa [video]

Last Friday, a ferocious desert rainstorm blew into Dubai swallowing up the city and making the world's tallest building - the Burj Khalifa -...

Dubai’s huge green mosque polishing off for eco-Muslim masses

Construction of the first eco-friendly mosque in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) is nearly complete and Tayeb Al Rais, secretary-general of the Awqaf and...

Solar-battery eco-boats clean up stinky Sharjah lagoons

The Middle East's first solar-powered boats set sail in Sharjah last month, each able to extract up 500 pounds  of floating debris from the...

Sharjah air pollution as bad as Beijing

In Beijing the air pollution is so bad that you sometimes can't see your hand in front of your face. Above the charts bad,...

Saudi’s 1km high Kingdom Tower needs 500,000 cubic meters of concrete

Saudi Bin Ladin Group (SBG) recently commissioned a Lebanese consulting firm to test the materials necessary to build the world's next tallest building in...

Treating snail fever and swollen bellies with prawns

Amit Savaia (left), went to Africa for three months to volunteer after finishing his first degree in science. With four other Israeli students from...

Say hello to healthier fast food delivery in the Middle East?

We love grandmothers and we love what they do, especially when they know how to cook well using traditional recipes. While we like to...

These guys think coffee can do a green roof good

We know that coffee can be both good and bad for our bodies, depending on who you ask. I know that ants are repelled...

Iraq’s leaning Hadba Tower is dangerously close to collapse

Wait a minute, there, Pisa, you're not the only contortionist building on the block! A beloved old minaret in a Mosul mosque that leans 8...

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...

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Zentera responds to questions about ZQ wool, animal welfare, regenerative farming, ethical fashion and the fallout from PETA's New Zealand investigation.

The Ocean’s Hidden ‘Dark Web’ Is Being Fished Before Scientists Understand It

Deep below the ocean's surface, in a dimly lit region known as the twilight zone, millions of fish are being caught every year. Scientists say the consequences are largely unknown.

Barnacle glue could fix coral reefs, inspire new advances in building and medicine

Aalto University researchers create a protein-based adhesive inspired by barnacles and mussels that works underwater and could aid coral reef restoration.

Jaakko Torvinen finds that the next green building revolution is misfit trees

Crooked, forked and curved trees are often treated as second-class timber. They are considered less valuable, and not suitable for load bearing walls or support systems in building. If a tree trunk is not straight enough to become a saw log, it is frequently diverted into pulp production or burned for energy. Now, new research from Aalto University could help change that.

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HelloFresh’s pride prepping ad raises a bigger question: we are we still outsourcing dinner?

The backlash against HelloFresh's Pride Month marketing campaign has sparked a wider conversation about food, labor, sustainability, and whether consumers should reconnect with local farmers, butchers, and home gardens instead of relying on subscription meal kits.

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Barnacle glue could fix coral reefs, inspire new advances in building and medicine

Aalto University researchers create a protein-based adhesive inspired by barnacles and mussels that works underwater and could aid coral reef restoration.

Jaakko Torvinen finds that the next green building revolution is misfit trees

Crooked, forked and curved trees are often treated as second-class timber. They are considered less valuable, and not suitable for load bearing walls or support systems in building. If a tree trunk is not straight enough to become a saw log, it is frequently diverted into pulp production or burned for energy. Now, new research from Aalto University could help change that.

Black fathers live longer than non-fathers, new study

Researchers found that fatherhood was associated with lower rates of early death among Black men, while early fatherhood was linked to poorer long-term health outcomes.

Dan Zaslavsky’s energy tower dream is rising again in Iran and China

The Energy Tower idea never made the leap from drawings and engineering studies to full-scale construction. But nearly two decades after most people stopped talking about it, the concept is quietly evolving in two unexpected places: China and Iran. The concept let dreamers dream and doers do - figuring out more pleasing designs and engineering.

A visit to Amirim, Israel’s first all-vegetarian village in the Galilee

Just 15 kilometers from Tzfat there is a moshav that was founded in the late 50s that was ideologically influenced by organic, vegetarian and vegan principles. My hostess at Ohn-Bar, the tzimmer where I stayed, explained that the people of Amirim were among the pioneers of Israel’s strong vegetarian movement.
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