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Throwaway Passover Dishes to Fill Landfills

The One Time Use Store is great; but what happens to all the throwaway dishes after Passover? The Jewish festival of Passover or Pesach is...

Pink Slime Beef Bankruptcy First Step to Improved Global Diet

Major pink slime company files for bankruptcy protection in the US. Dubbed 'Pink Slime' by activists and 'finely textured beef' by the manufacturers, beef...

Starbucks Chooses Bug Colorant Over Really Gross Alternative

Starbuggs? Starbucks is now turning to natural food colorings, using bugs? The bad news for vegans and those who keep kosher. It might not be...

Thimar Farm in Palestinian Territory Grows Food and Dignity

An expanding farm in the Palestinian Territory provides jobs to more than 100 locals. More than 600,000 Palestinians living in the West Bank are without...

SpiderNet’s Artificial Spider Web Protects Crops from Tiny Pests

What would Charlotte the spider think of this man-made SpiderNet? An Israeli made artificial spider web made to protect crops from insect pests will...

Egypt’s Foot-and-Mouth Disease Outbreak has Already Killed 10,000 Animals

Thousands of animals have died and more are infected with a deadly strain of foot-and-mouth disease that has plowed through Egypt. Despite government assurances that...

Another Day in Tunisia: Chasing Balls Through Trash (PHOTOS)

A boy chases a ball into one of Tunisia's 400 unofficial dumps. After the hustle and bustle of Tunisia's capital medina dies down, the kids...

What’s in season in March?

Ever wonder what to do with eggplants? Read on for some Middle Eastern eggplant ideas. At the start of the month, markets didn't have much...

Love Lipstick, Love Formaldehyde?

Faisal spring cleans with her daughter and is shocked at the toxic chemicals she finds in her cupboards. Teens are especially at risk.  When your...

Dumpster Diving for Hotel Food in Eilat, Israel

The poor man's Riviera, that's how we see it: Eilat is a vacation hotspot for tourists looking to catch some cheap winter sun, and...

Climate Change Might Not Get Our Wine

This man singlehandedly produces up to 5,500 bottles of delicious red wine each year, despite living in a frequently drought-stricken region Dave Levitan from Onearth,...

Beware: Peppers, Pears and Grapes From Turkey Are Most Toxic Produce In Europe, Study Finds

Fresh produce stands like this one are popular all over Turkey. But these colorful displays contain a toxic blend of pesticides, according to a...

Pink Slime Phasing Out of US Food Chains, Will Middle East Follow?

Lean, finely textured beef (LFTB) is really Pink Slime First it was McDonald's and other fast food chains that caught the flack for using the...

Ancient 2000-year old date pit sprouts

Recovered from an archeological dig, an extinct date variety springs back to green life in the Arava Valley. Dates have always been a staple in...

UN Sponsors Global Wet T-Shirt Contest!

It's World Water Day today, relevant and necessary for the Middle East.  Well, not quite, but I got your attention. Raise an icy glass filled with...

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Saudi Arabia cancels the Asian games at Neom’s Trojena

Neom, a bombastic collection of futuristic cities and resorts, has flopped as Saudi oil prices roll back reality. The Saudi plan of hosting the 2029 Asian games to be held at Trojena, a ski report in the desert, has been cancelled. 

The Boring Company to add a Dubai loop

Dubai has announced this month that they will be working with Elon Musk's Boring Company to build tunnels in Dubai. 

Endangered sperm whale washes ashore in southern Israel

A large sperm whale has washed ashore on Zikim Beach in southern Israel, marking only the eighth documented case of its kind along the country’s Mediterranean coast since monitoring began.

Xcimer is the Denver-based startup that could put Saudi Arabia out of business

An American company can collapse OPEC if they can prove their approach to unlimited energy works.

The Saudi Startup Turning Desalination’s Toxic Waste Into Its Own Disinfectant

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Saudi Arabia cancels the Asian games at Neom’s Trojena

Neom, a bombastic collection of futuristic cities and resorts, has flopped as Saudi oil prices roll back reality. The Saudi plan of hosting the 2029 Asian games to be held at Trojena, a ski report in the desert, has been cancelled. 

The Boring Company to add a Dubai loop

Dubai has announced this month that they will be working with Elon Musk's Boring Company to build tunnels in Dubai. 

Endangered sperm whale washes ashore in southern Israel

A large sperm whale has washed ashore on Zikim Beach in southern Israel, marking only the eighth documented case of its kind along the country’s Mediterranean coast since monitoring began.

Xcimer is the Denver-based startup that could put Saudi Arabia out of business

An American company can collapse OPEC if they can prove their approach to unlimited energy works.

The Saudi Startup Turning Desalination’s Toxic Waste Into Its Own Disinfectant

For millennia, the Middle East's water crisis seemed an immutable fact of geography — a region defined as much by what it lacked as by what lay beneath its sands. Today, a convergence of plummeting solar costs, advancing membrane technology, and hard-won engineering expertise is rewriting that story.

Key Rules Recreational Cannabis Users Must Follow in Pittsburgh

Adults who are 21 or older can carry up to 30 grams. This amount applies to personal use within Pittsburgh’s limits. Carrying more could lead to confiscation or legal action. Staying under the limit avoids problems during any public stop.

Turning Your Energy Consultancy into an LLC: 4 Legal Steps for Founders in Texas

If you are starting a renewable energy business in Texas, learn how to start an LLC by the books.

Ancient Chinese medicine might heal spinal cord injuries

In the study, the scientists didn’t just test one plant compound at a time. They tested two traditional Chinese medicine compounds together — luteolin (from flowers like honeysuckle and chrysanthemum) and astragaloside IV (from astragalus root, Huang Qi). These plants have been combined in Chinese herbal formulas for centuries to help the body recover from injury and inflammation.
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