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BPA Is Now a Reproductive Toxin in the US – Be Wary of All Plastics

BPA is a hormonally active chemical found in everything from cash register receipts to soup and beverage cans to plastic wrap and bottles. Will...

North Africa Coast Will Rise 60 Percent More than Previous Projection: New Study

New scientific reports suggests that coastal flooding for Middle East and North African countries will be much worse than estimated six years ago. What...

Electronic Cigarette Kills Toddler in Israel

The Israeli ministries are urging people to give up smoking and a recent government report has found that both the heavy smokers in the...

Qatar’s Oryx Island to Offer Five Floating Hotels for 2022 World Cup

When football enthusiasts flock to a World Cup venue, they expect more than a tent out in the desert to rest their weary heads,...

Eco Guide to Israeli Products Launched

Hail hail to the genius who decided it was time to cut the greenwash from the eco marketplace in Israel. Every product and its...

Urbin Beirut Crushes Stinky Cigarette Butts in Style

Cigarette butts are gross - whether they drift onto beaches, pollute our waterways, or endanger wildlife. But many cities in the Middle East, where...

Architects Embrace Iranian History at the Tabriz Bazaar

Head to the heart of any Middle Eastern city and find a vibrant commercial hub, usually in the shadow of a major mosque -...

Futuristic Dubailand Theme Park City Growing Ahead With $55 Billion

It's a fact that Disneyland fits inside Disney World's parking lot.  Now double up Disney World and you almost match the planned footprint of...

Barcelona Rejects Soaring Dubai-Style “Space Hotel”

A US developer recently approached Barcelona City Hall with plans to build a soaring Dubai-style "Space Hotel" complete with a zero gravity spa, but...

Cairo’s Waste-Eating Pigs Make a Quiet Comeback

In 2009 during the height of the swine flu epidemic, Egyptian law officials ordered the culling of thousands of pigs belonging to the Coptic...

Big Oil’s Saudi Aramco Builds LEED Certified Homes in Riyadh

KAPSARCs architects, the American design firm HOK, and the US Green Building council worked for a number of years to establish a pilot program. KAPSARC is among the first to participate.

Dubai Readies Law to Let Home Owners Feed Energy to the Grid

With Dubai’s government close to finalizing legislation, property owners in the Emirate may soon have the option to feed solar power into the grid...

2013 Aga Khan Architecture Awards Betters Muslim Communities in Iran, Morocco and Lebanon

The nominees for the 2013 Aga Khan Award for Architecture were recently announced: 20 candidates - half hailing from the Middle East - all...

Tangram 2022 World Cup Stadium Cools Itself Like a Lizard

Tangram Gulf recently unveiled a naturally-cooled FIFA stadium design for the 2022 World Cup in Doha, Qatar. Speaking at Construction Week Qatar, general manager Nigel...

Ancient Moroccan Granaries Revived as Thriving Civic Centers

Salima Naji has been recognized by the Aga Khan Development Network for her efforts to revive a series of earth buildings in the lesser Atlas...

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Elon Musk’s flying Tesla Roadster is here. My 13-year-old son thinks it’s the future

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