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Lebanon: Greenpeace Investigation Reveals Toxic Coast Pollution

An investigation by Greenpeace has found hormone-disrupting chemicals and a range of phthalates which are classified as toxic to reproduction in Lebanese waters Ranking...

The State of The Middle East’s Oceans – A Report

Find out how Middle Eastern and North African nations fared in the recent global Ocean Health Index (I'll give you a clue - not...

Why Dolphins Have Disappeared from Israel’s Shores

Dolphin families like this one are now less common in the eastern Mediterranean Although grey whales have occasionally been spotted in the Mediterranean and bottle...

Cosmic Love Lantern Festival Will Light Up Jordan’s Wadi Rum

Release some inner and outer light at Jordan's lantern festival in the desert. The Cosmic Love Sky Lantern Festival is sure to be a feast...

Syria’s Cattle Caught in the Crossfire

Cash cows in a time of conflict smuggled between Syria and Jordan As Syria continues to be swept up in violence, Syrian farmers are smuggling...

New Regulations Encourage More Sustainable Fishing In Turkey

New regulations will restrict fishermen in Turkey from catching juvenile fish and using dragnets in shallow waters. But environmentalists say the laws don't go...

A Planetary Conjunction With Giza’s Pyramids

A beautiful image is making the rounds on social networks and news websites.  It shows three bright planets, Mercury, Venus and Saturn with each...

Wireless Donkeys Provide High-Tech Biblical Tours in Israel

A tourist attraction in northern Israel has fitted donkeys with WiFi collars so that passengers can surf the web while exploring the historical Galilee...

Israeli Army Building Arms Factory Over Rare Wild Plants

Do tanks and wild flowers mix? Not according to Israel's nature protection society. Israel Military Industries (IMI), which for years has had armament factories located...

Emirati Royalty Threaten 48,000 Maasai in Lucrative Hunting Deal

The Middle East's love affair with wild animals has hit the headlines again. No, there haven't been sightings of cheetahs on the streets of Dubai or dead wolves and owls on parade, rather Middle Eastern royals are being accused of aiding a massive sell-off of the Serengeti. And in a new twist to the land-grab meme, this land sell-off is not to secure access to precious food supplies but, rather, to indulge in the hunting whims of the Middle East's elite.

Mutant Fukushima Butterflies Should Discourage Middle East Nuclear

Researchers who collected and studied 100 pale grass blue butterflies from the Fukushima prefecture following last year's nuclear meltdown have discovered serious mutations resulting...

Africa’s Most Dangerous Animal to Greet Eid Vistors at Gulf Zoo

Africa's most dangerous animal will make its debut in time for the upcoming Eid holiday at the Al Ain zoo in the United Arab...

Isrotel Beresheet is a 5 Star Stone-Clad Hotel Overlooking Ramon Crater

I'd love to tell you more about the architects responsible for the 5 star Isrotel overlooking Ramon crater, but it's impossible to get them...

Perseid Meteor Shower Attracts Hundreds to Mideast Deserts

The show isn't over yet. Sky gazers traveled to Mitspeh Ramon, a town on the edge of the Ramon Crater in the Negev desert this...

Turkish Cabinet Invokes Wartime Law To Seize Property For Hydro Projects

The more than 20 hydroelectric projects that Turkey has built on the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers have been sharply criticized for displacing populations and...

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What happened inside the cockpit of flydubai Flight FZ1073 on Wednesday morning is still under investigation, but the story has become considerably more disturbing since the first reports of a “fight between pilots.”

Two People, One Dataset, and a Disagreement Nobody Can Settle

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Drinking Mercury: How Art Makes Invisible Pollution Visible

Drinking Mercury in La Paz uses photography, sound, video and installation to reveal how mercury pollution from gold mining moves through water, ecosystems and people.

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Two people can look at the same sustainability dashboard and reach different conclusions. The problem is not necessarily the data, but whether anyone can trace how the number was produced.

Arabia Suburbia was adapted from the American blueprint for suburban living

Walk through almost any Saudi city today and one form dominates residential streets: the detached villa, sitting on its own plot, separated from its neighbors, usually surrounded by a wall and reached by car. It feels thoroughly Saudi. But much of the architectural DNA of the modern Saudi house comes from American suburbia.

Leen Kawas and the Work of Carrying Promising Medicines Forward

EIT Pharma CEO Leen Kawas is advancing lonafarnib for chronic hepatitis D, showing how stalled late-stage drug programs can be revived and carried toward regulatory review.

The Financial Impact of Meta Glasses on Europe’s Eyewear Market

Smart glasses are changing the economics of eyewear by turning conventional frames into higher-priced technology products. What used to be mainly a sale built around frame design, lenses, prescription needs and brand preference is now also a sale built around cameras, audio, AI features, app support and connected-device setup.

Why Pest Control Has to Be Local: Mira Home on How Climate and Geography Change Pest Pressure Across America

Why pest control needs to adapt to local climate, moisture, building patterns and pest pressure rather than rely on one national treatment plan.

Brad Pitt walked the red carpet with rescue dogs. Why isn’t rescue just the default?

The film itself is about a Special Forces officer, played by Pitt, stranded in the Alaskan wilderness with his combat dog Odin after a plane crash. Odin is played by Uber, a highly trained German shepherd from a military and law-enforcement breeding line.
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