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20 Penguins From Texas Live at Dubai Ski Slope

10 King and 10 Gentoo Penguins imported from Texas are now living at Ski Dubai - an indoor ski slope in the desert! Picture :...

Lebanese Activists Democratically Demand Access to Horsh Beirut Urban Park

Next Wednesday activists will hold a public forum to democratically demand access to the Horsh Beirut urban park.  In 1696, the Horsh Beirut Pine forest...

Gulf people ridicule female falconry association

Join the debate: is the world's first all-women falconry association in Qatar a bad idea?  Falconry is a time-honored tradition in the Gulf, but like more...

Underwater Art is Rejuvenating Coral Reefs

Jason deCaires Taylor uses eco art to conserve a fragile ecosystem See a starfish caress a schoolgirl’s cheek as she holds hands with the boy...

Treat Your Valentine to a Hot Snowshoeing Tour in Lebanon

Adventures in Lebanon is offering a Valentine's Day snowshoeing tour that is bound to heat up this special day! Valentine's Day is just around the...

How plants buffer against climate change

If you are of the 41 percent that lives in drylands, your future depends on supporting plant biodiversity. An international team of researchers including...

Balyolu: Turkey’s First Honey Tasting Tour

Anyone who loves nature will enjoy Balyolu's week long tour on Northeastern Turkey's honey road. Update May 20, 2020: this tour is no longer operating.  It's...

Thousands of Endangered Fruit Bats Were Gunned Down in Lebanon

Thousands of fruit bats in Lebanon were sprayed with shotgun and AK-47 bullets over the weekend. Thousands of fruit bats could have used Batman's help...

Indoor Ski Slopes from Ski Dubai Goes Carbon Neutral in Spain

Barcelona hopes to have an indoor ski slope as nice as Ski Dubai (pictured), but carbon neutral. Barcelona is not as hot as places like...

Israel and Palestine Join Hands Again to Build a Restorative Eco-Park

Putting political differences aside, Israelis and Palestinians unite to restore a section of the Kishon River - one of the region's most polluted. Yet another...

Tourists Bust Egyptian Restaurants Serving Endangered Species

Tourists offended by this gruesome display of endangered species reported the Picalbatros restaurant in Hurghada, Egypt to the local conservation agency. Tourists who dine at...

The Lebanon Mountain Trail is a World Class Hiking Destination

Lebanon boasts one of the world's most sophisticated hiking trail networks, which traverses 75 towns and villages. 

Sea Water Hydro Pump from Med to Dead Sea Needs Rethink

One alternative to the Red-Dead Canal is the Med-Dead Canal hydro pump. The massive hydro pump idea has been around since the 70s and...

Sinbad the Sailor’s Home Threatened by Rising Seas and Bad Development

Ever since the classic The Book Of One Thousand and One Nights, which include tales on Aladdin and the Lamp, Sinbad the Sailor and...

Martian Meteor Hits Morocco

Mars rock rarer than gold and called Tissint falls in Morocco. This might explain mystical Moroccan men: maybe they really are from Mars? Or at...

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Aalto University researchers create a protein-based adhesive inspired by barnacles and mussels that works underwater and could aid coral reef restoration.

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HelloFresh’s pride prepping ad raises a bigger question: we are we still outsourcing dinner?

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Jaakko Torvinen finds that the next green building revolution is misfit trees

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Black fathers live longer than non-fathers, new study

Researchers found that fatherhood was associated with lower rates of early death among Black men, while early fatherhood was linked to poorer long-term health outcomes.

Dan Zaslavsky’s energy tower dream is rising again in Iran and China

The Energy Tower idea never made the leap from drawings and engineering studies to full-scale construction. But nearly two decades after most people stopped talking about it, the concept is quietly evolving in two unexpected places: China and Iran. The concept let dreamers dream and doers do - figuring out more pleasing designs and engineering.

A visit to Amirim, Israel’s first all-vegetarian village in the Galilee

Just 15 kilometers from Tzfat there is a moshav that was founded in the late 50s that was ideologically influenced by organic, vegetarian and vegan principles. My hostess at Ohn-Bar, the tzimmer where I stayed, explained that the people of Amirim were among the pioneers of Israel’s strong vegetarian movement.
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