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Ski the Middle East with a natural born skier

The Middle East, in spite of unusual indoor places like Ski Dubai is not exactly on the main track of international ski sites and...

Swim in the Arabian Sea and dance with the stars through organic sludge

Millions of bioluminescent phytoplankton set a stretch of Maldives beach aglow, captured in these gorgeous photos by Taiwanese photographer Will Ho. These tiny organisms...

Iranian rock gym in Polur village to overlook Mount Damavand

Iran offers some of the world's most epic rock climbing, but only a small handful of hard core international rock climbers have tested...

12 Ways to Travel Abu Dhabi Sustainably

When westerners go on holiday they tend to think of Mexico, Costa Rica, or for more exotic locations maybe Thailand. But in some spots...

Kuwait fish market serves “extinct” shark

A species of shark, a sand tiger shark, thought to be extinct for over a century has surfaced in a Kuwaiti fish market.  Step...

First Saudi dinosaur bones discovered and they’re 72 million years old

Scientists have discovered the first dinosaur bones in Saudi Arabia that are identifiable - a huge discovery that has proved very difficult until now....

Juha’s Guesthouse in Jisr al-Zarka is looking for seaside guests

Jisr al-Zarka, Israel's only remaining coastal Arab town and nearly forgotten by both local and foreign visitors has made a small beginning to promote...

Ancient Egypt spider art archaic writing?

Egypt offers more to desert tourists than camels: In the ancient land of the Pharaohs, desert-dwelling invertebrates have often been part of Egyptian folklore, including scarab or dung beetles which are known to navigate by the stars. Now spiders join the story.

Mind-blowing Jordan trip on $20 a day (PHOTOS)

Sunday was Mawlid an-nabī, the observance of the birth of the Islamic Prophet Mohammed, but unlike Eid al-Fitr (Little Eid) or Eid al-Adha (Big...

Escape Cairo’s Madness with Dayma’s Newest Eco Journeys

At last, Dayma is offering the kind of eco-tour we've long dreamed of. The same people who showed students what scorpions and camels can...

She reads ancient pollen from the Sea of Galilee like an arborist does tree rings

‬The study explains short-term and cataclysmic climatic changes in the region. In addition, the new research opens up a new way for scientists to compare records and substantiate them.

Cyprus kills 1.5 million migrating songbirds to eat in fetish dish

It's illegal to serve this disgusting delicacy in restaurants, but despite being outlawed some 1.5 million songbirds will have been killed in Cyprus this...

Dubai exposed as major wildlife trafficking hub [video]

The United Nations now classifies the illegal trafficking of exotic wildlife as second only in scale to the illegal drug trade, with Dubai emerging...

World’s coolest King pushes a car stuck in snow [video]

Jordan's King Abdullah II helped push a car that was stuck in the snow while touring Amman after a major winter storm called Alexa...

World’s coldest temperature ever recorded in Antarctica

Some more convincing evidence that the effects of global warming are real and now. Nasa's satellites have recorded the coldest temperature ever recorded on...

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The Space Orchestra, and the search for extraterrestrial life, to eclipse celebration

The event will livestream eclipse views from Iceland and northern Spain, where the eclipse will be total, while the 35-member International Space Orchestra, made up of astronauts, scientists, engineers, and researchers—performs a new orchestral interpretation of Voyager by PJ Harvey.

Canada’s healthcare became the world’s digital health laboratory. Now Europe is taking notice

Canada's healthcare system may be under pressure, but its decades-long experience with digital transformation is becoming a model for Europe and beyond. In an interview with Nordic's Alison MacDonald, Green Prophet explores why successful AI in healthcare depends less on software than on empowering clinicians, improving workflows and building resilient systems.

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Ancient Jewish New Year for Animals revived with global campaign against factory farming

Jewish Vegan Life has launched a global campaign celebrating the New Year for Animals, with synchronized events in Washington, D.C., Los Angeles, Pittsburgh, Montreal and Jerusalem, alongside an international livestream on August 9 featuring partners including Mercy for Animals, The Good Food Institute and Freedom Farm Animal Sanctuary.

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Canada’s healthcare became the world’s digital health laboratory. Now Europe is taking notice

Canada's healthcare system may be under pressure, but its decades-long experience with digital transformation is becoming a model for Europe and beyond. In an interview with Nordic's Alison MacDonald, Green Prophet explores why successful AI in healthcare depends less on software than on empowering clinicians, improving workflows and building resilient systems.

Jewish Climate Network founded so innovators don’t leave their identity at the door

Rather than retreating from climate change work, the Jewish Climate Trust organization has backed a new initiative designed to strengthen both climate action and Jewish community.

The Hidden Components Powering the Renewable Energy Revolution

A rooftop solar system looks simple: panels, an inverter, a battery and a few cables. But beneath that simplicity lies a bill of materials thousands of lines long, where tiny current sensors, magnetic cores, gate drivers, capacitors and connectors quietly determine efficiency, safety and lifespan. These overlooked components—not the solar panels themselves—are why today's residential solar systems are smaller, smarter and far more reliable than those of a decade ago.

Teen Farmerettes were Canada’s answer to Victory Gardens during wartime food shortages

It is a wake-up call to teen girls on TikTok planning their next Coachella outfit or trip to Sephora: During the Second World War, thousands of young men left family farms to enlist, but the crops still needed planting and harvesting. Ontario's government answered by recruiting high school girls, from ages 16 to 18, to spend parts of spring, summer and fall to fill in for the labor shortage. 

The Early Believers: Investors Who Backed SpaceX Long Before Its Record IPO

SpaceX’s 2026 IPO didn’t just mint billionaires—it revealed the many forms of conviction behind one of the most doubted bets in venture history.

From eco city experiment to global clean energy giant: How Masdar became the UAE’s renewable energy powerhouse

Masdar began as an ambitious eco city in the Abu Dhabi desert. Two decades later, it has become one of the world's largest renewable energy developers, financing billions of dollars in solar, wind and battery storage projects across the globe.
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