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Egyptians Hunt Down Migratory Birds for Natural Viagra

It is a little known fact outside of conservation and hunting circles, Sherif Baha el Din from Nature Conservation Egypt told The Guardian, but Egyptian...

Tunisian Desert Dunes Threaten Darth Vader’s Tatooine Home

Star Wars fans lovingly restored Luke Skywalker's Tatooine home in Tunisia recently, but the former home of young Anakin, who would eventually become Darth...

Abu Dhabi Five-Star Leisure at Saadiyat Island Puts Ecology First

A five star hotel will offer chefs, tennis and golf pros, hairdressers and masseuses, but the Park Hyatt Abu Dhabi just upped the ante...

Naked Immersions Takes Interspecies Connectivity to Extremes

A naked Russian diver plunged into freezing Arctic seas to frolic with Beluga whales. Was it a (literally) splashy media event or legitimate scientific...

Dubai 2021? Do’s and Don’ts for Foreign Travelers

Planning on a trip to Dubai before intense summer heat hits? Or maybe this coming summer to visit the World Expo 2020? Brush up...

My Israeli Street Cat Turns 13 – That’s Stray Longevity!

Life on the streets has never been easy for stray animals, especially in the Middle East where animals are often targets. There are stray...

Are Squishy Little “Moss Piglet” Tardigrades Extraterrestrials?

Earth's most indestructible being might be this wee barrel-bodied cutie with eight stumpy legs. Tardigrades are small, segmented animals with a penchant for water...

Byblos, the ‘Best Arab Tourist City’ in Lebanon Offers Lessons in Greening too

Byblos, the world's oldest continuously inhabited city in Lebanon has been named the Arab world's best tourist city by the United Nations World Tourism...

Jarir Maani’s Field Guide to Jordan is Essential Trekking Gear (Interview)

The "Field Guide to Jordan" is a fantastically comprehensive book that uses beautiful photographs and concise descriptions to introduce locals and visitors to the...

Venomous Lionfish Set to Invade the Mediterranean – Are You Ready?

A new "invasive species" of marine life may be on its way to the Mediterranean - one that is both attractive as well as...

Eco Tour the West Bank With The Abraham Hostel in Jerusalem

Now "Abraham" in Jerusalem will take those interested to meet Palestinians in the West Bank. It’s breakfast time at the Abraham Hostel on Prophets Street...

Support Sustainable Tourism and Keep Hotels Afloat at the Dead Sea in Jordan

At one of the most famous natural spas in the world, the shores of the Dead Sea, Veronica begins her much-anticipated skin care treatment.The...

Pedang the Tiger Gets Acupuncture to Treat Chronic Ear Infection in Israel

After trying the conventional methods of trying to heal a sick tiger with a persistant ear infection, animal therapists were called into the zoo...

Israel’s Mediterranean Seacoast Severely Threatened by People

Why have dolphins and other types of marine life almost disappeared from Israel's shores? And why are projects such as deep water energy drilling...

Desperate for Energy, Egypt to Reward Hotels that Go Green

The National Bank of Egypt has announced that it will give low interest loans to hotels throughout southern Sinai and Red Sea provinces that...

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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

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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 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.

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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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