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The subliminal subtext of the 2016 Rio Games

The 2016 Rio Olympics are history, but a hindsight review shows a surprising sideshow of contemporary human issues running through the international athletic games....

Middle East sheik takes a turtle for a swim

Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum is better known for his love of horses than his affinity for sea life. But the Dubai sheik's...

Skittles, Risk and Statistics

I'm going to thank Donald Trump Jr. for providing a simple way to visualize our decisions regarding human refugees. He said that we should...

Syrian dancer helps children through tears and rubble

When there is nothing left to do, you might as well do something. In Syria, where the war is five years and counting, dancing might be the last thing on anyone’s mind. But for Ahmad Joudeh, it is a priority. Dance is his lifeblood, and he is fueling others with it, too.

This fact about figs is sure to bug you!

Flavorful figs are Middle East natives. Green Prophet  Linda Pappagallo wrote about this in a swell story about the versatile little foodstuff. Did you...

Who needs a maid? Houseplants are powerful cleaners.

The brainiacs at NASA conducted a long-ago study on the impact of common house plants on indoor air pollution. Their findings are as relevant...

Jordanian-born chef cooks with cannabis

The Jordanian-born cook fills syringes with a cannabis compound, and injects sauces, breads, and juicy cuts of meat. He experiments with classic Middle Eastern fare such as stuffed grape leaves and falafel, and puts a nouveau twist on Levantine ingredients: pot-primed pomegranate sorbet, and cannabis and chickpea beignets. 

Holy cow! Bovine burps blamed for climate change?

It's common knowledge that cows destined for the meat aisle are shot up with antibiotics and fed water and chow dosed with lower levels...

Huge Dust Plume Covers the Red Sea

As if the Arabian Peninsula needs an import of desert dust from east Africa. Marvel at the image captured by NASA's Aqua satellite of a...

Remote Saudi beach gets a makeover: would you book a beach holiday there?

This year’s World Environment Day (WED) put a high beam on illegal trade of wildlife. Event sponsor, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), called...

This Ramadan, drop unwanted weight with mindful eating – it works!

Eight pounds in as many weeks.  Painlessly (and surprisingly) gone. Not enough to drop a dress size, but enough to send me hunting for...

10 refugees heading to Rio as first-ever nation-less Olympic team

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) last March defined a plan to create a team of refugee athletes to compete in the 2016 Rio de...

Has Zika virus come to Israel?

The sheer horror of it was understandable when the first photos of deformed infants began appearing in local and international news reports. Perhaps not as...

Syria’s damask roses are dying

Used for perfumes, rose water; and for flavoring sweets like Turkish Delight, Syria's famed Damask Rose, or Damascus Rose, once championed by romanticists like William Shakespeare, is experiencing hard times due to the ongoing war in Syria.

EU decision will pull Monsanto weedkiller off market shelves

Controversial weedkillers sold by Monsanto, Syngenta and Dow face an uncertain future after a European Union (EU) committee failed to reach consensus on new...

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Mirai’s robots for the high seas can track polluters, pirates and saboteurs

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Is your groundwater too young? New study finds risks for Parkinson’s and type of water you drink

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