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MENA must push – NOW! – for 100% renewable energy

The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) must keep pace with the rest of the world and push for a future fully powered by...

Israeli lab aims to hatch chicken from stem cells!

Israeli non-profit Modern Agriculture Foundation (MAF) is developing lab-grown chicken meat that doesn't require the rearing and slaughtering of birds.  Since 2014, they've been researching mass production...

Invest in ancient fig cultivars in Morocco, invest in the future

Moroccan fig trees are a part of Ahmed Hakam. Until he was nine years old, Ahmed never ventured outside of his birth village near...

Your sunscreen is killing baby coral reefs

We've read reports that sunscreen can cause cancer (and that sunscreen doesn't really work to prevent skin cancer), but yet -  doctors say you...

Syria’s seedbank seeds sent for safety to Morocco

Whenever I read the news about Syria's refugee and environmental crisis I wonder how Syria's dictator Bashar Al-Assad's wife Asma al-Assad, once so vocal...

Verizon selects 12 Internet of Things startups that may change your world

Verizon (NYSE: VZ) is America's #1 mobile provider and the company just announced finalists for their international Powerful Answers Award which will grant $1...

Flying Spark food-tech asks, “Do you want flies with that?”

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We hate cancer: 7 ways can you prevent it in your modern world

Few health issues remain at the forefront of minds more than cancer. This deadly disease affects millions daily, and there are many habits in...

World’s best eatery NOMA reborn as an urban farm

Celebrity chef and foraging superstar René Redzepi told the New York Times on Monday that he is closing his Copenhagen restaurant Noma at the end of...

Costa Rican tourists thwart sea turtle nesting, a surreal mirroring of the crisis in the Med

This story is not about the Middle East, although the images are a surreal reminder of what is happening on our Mediterranean shores -...

Vermont’s tech park and the future of your food

When you talk with Sue Raftery you might think she's on fire. Funny, because she's leading a company that grows food on water ––...

Hydroponics in the house in Qatar!

Qatar - the tiny desert nation known for sinking millions into futuristic follies like artificial clouds and underwater TV studios - has come down...

NASA lettuce grown in space heading to Dubai salad bars?

Ever have a salad that was out of this world? Astronauts aboard International Space Station (ISS) Expedition 44 have. They just dined on the only lettuce ever...

The magical wonder leaf Neem: 10 ways Neem works its magic

  Before you decide to spend hundreds of dollars on skin care products and cosmetics, or even get off your couch and walk to the nearest pharmacy, there...

Pope Francis scooped on climate change doctrine!

Pope Francis has penned an official text on the environment, the product of a year's worth of writing. Yesterday, an Italian news site leaked an...

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