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Naive Israeli Startup Tricks Beirut Designers into Doing Illegal Business

Creativity, like nature, knows no borders, and we're all about putting politics aside for the greater good, but a pair of naive American women...

Paris Tower “Graffed” by Arab Street Artists, Then Destroyed (VIDEO)

The world's biggest street art exhibition was demolished this week in Paris just one month after opening to the public. Destruction of the wildly...

World’s First ‘Green’ Ice Cream Factory – in Turkey

Turkey is better known for these five unsustainable development projects and a new undersea rail tunnel near a major fault zone than green building....

Cricket Bike Alarm is Silent and Barely Bigger than a Bottle Cap

Israeli designers are working hard to curb bicycle theft. One group came up with the "fashionable" Foldylock and the Spine Bike breaks when stolen....

The Shard Architect Designs Ultra Lightweight Dragonfly Wind Turbine

The Shard architect Renzo Piano has partnered with Italy's Enel Green Power to design a new ultra lightweight wind turbine that has a smaller...

Sneak Peek at World’s Largest Women-Only University in Saudi Arabia

Most westerners imagine that Saudi women are completely deprived of opportunity, and in some cases that may be true, but the world's largest women-only...

Abandoned Dubai Flyover Resembles Easter Island Sculptures

Continuing the theme of mysterious abandoned developments, the identity of this one is better known than the desert lakes I featured in my previous...

Futuristic Zayed National Museum Cooled with Wing-Shaped Steel Towers

With Masdar City, Foster & Partners was the first international architecture firm to design buildings in Abu Dhabi that borrow from the region's desert-savvy...

Deadly Lake Natron Turns Animals into Ghostly Statues

The Middle East boasts some of the world’s saltiest waterbodies, but none approach the horror of Lake Natron in Tanzania, one of the harshest...

Casablanca Slaughterhouse Rises as Cool Art Space in Morocco

A disused government-owned slaughterhouse in Casablanca that ceased to operate in 2000 now hosts art exhibitions, music shows, film screenings and other cultural activities...

Glass Tube Home Wraps Around a Tree in Earthquake-Prone Kazakhstan

An emergent studio from Kazakhstan has designed a curious glass tube home that wraps around a large Fir tree in the tectonically active mountainous...

Tripoli’s Doshma Creative Hub Has a Recycled Shipping Container Core

So many countries in the Middle East and North Africa rely way too much on concrete for their building needs, but Libya Design bucks...

Old Bus Converts to Mediterranean Penthouse Suite on Wheels

A young Israeli man has renovated and transformed a disused public transport bus into a double story apartment that even boasts a penthouse guest...

Fashionable Foldylock Keeps Tel Aviv Bicycle Thieves at Bay

A group of friends from Tel Aviv got so tired of lugging enormous locks to foil would-be bicycle thieves that they got together to...

Walking Shelter Are Shoes You Could Live In

Can't find a couch to surf? Too broke for Air BNB? No need to cancel your travel plans, just lace up a pair of...

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Art from Oman at the Venice Biennale

Oman is returning to the Venice Biennale with Zīnah, an immersive installation by artist and curator Haitham Al Busafi that transforms a traditional form of horse adornment into a large-scale sensory experience.

Korean researchers create battery from greenhouse gases

Professor Ji-Soo Jang, in collaboration with Professor Taekwang Yoon of Ajou University and Professor Hansel Kim of Chungbuk National University, has developed a novel energy device that generates electricity during the process of capturing greenhouse gases.

SunZia comes online and America’s 11B, and largest renewable project begins wind power

The impact is already being felt. California has broken its wind generation record multiple times in recent weeks as SunZia begins feeding electricity into the grid. It’s a glimpse of what a renewable-powered future could look like when large-scale infrastructure finally comes online. Can we start saying goodbye to Saudi Aramco and Arabian Gulf oil? 

Married People Have Lower Cancer Risk, But the Reason is Complex

According to the research, cancer risk was 68% higher in never-married men and 85% higher in never-married women.

40 more migratory animals need protecting, warns UN group

The Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS), governments agreed to extend protection to 40 more migratory species, from cheetahs and striped hyenas to snowy owls, giant otters, and great hammerhead sharks. Too many of them are slipping toward extinction .

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Art from Oman at the Venice Biennale

Oman is returning to the Venice Biennale with Zīnah, an immersive installation by artist and curator Haitham Al Busafi that transforms a traditional form of horse adornment into a large-scale sensory experience.

Korean researchers create battery from greenhouse gases

Professor Ji-Soo Jang, in collaboration with Professor Taekwang Yoon of Ajou University and Professor Hansel Kim of Chungbuk National University, has developed a novel energy device that generates electricity during the process of capturing greenhouse gases.

SunZia comes online and America’s 11B, and largest renewable project begins wind power

The impact is already being felt. California has broken its wind generation record multiple times in recent weeks as SunZia begins feeding electricity into the grid. It’s a glimpse of what a renewable-powered future could look like when large-scale infrastructure finally comes online. Can we start saying goodbye to Saudi Aramco and Arabian Gulf oil? 

Married People Have Lower Cancer Risk, But the Reason is Complex

According to the research, cancer risk was 68% higher in never-married men and 85% higher in never-married women.

40 more migratory animals need protecting, warns UN group

The Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS), governments agreed to extend protection to 40 more migratory species, from cheetahs and striped hyenas to snowy owls, giant otters, and great hammerhead sharks. Too many of them are slipping toward extinction .

When peace returns, will we rediscover Saudi Arabia’s mud-brick soul?

When the region settles after the American war with Iran, and it will, American and European travelers will come back. Not just for spectacle or headline projects, but for places that feel real. Places that haven’t been engineered to impress and which get into your soul. We predict that visitors to Saudi Arabia will want to see places like Rijal Alma.When the region settles after the American war with Iran, and it will, American and European travelers will come back. Not just for spectacle or headline projects, but for places that feel real. Places that haven’t been engineered to impress and which get into your soul. We predict that visitors to Saudi Arabia will want to see places like Rijal Alma.

A baking soda trick could help clean “forever chemicals” from our water

“Forever chemicals” like the ones ejected by Lulelemon yoga pants into strategic areas don’t go away. They don’t break down in nature, and once they’re in water, soil, or our bodies, they tend to stick around. But scientists at Florida International University think they’ve found a smarter way to deal with them, and it uses something as simple as pH.

Koh Phangan’s angels for the dogs and the cats

Koh Phangan may be known for yoga, detox retreats, and full moon parties, but beyond the curated paradise lies a different reality—one of injured stray animals and the quiet work of rescue. This story explores PACS (Phangan Animal Care for Strays), a grassroots animal shelter tackling overpopulation, disease, and neglect on the island. Through firsthand experience with teens, it reveals how meaningful travel, volunteerism, and compassion offer a deeper kind of healing—far from the Instagram version of paradise.
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