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Why Muslims don’t drink alcohol

The Quran, which is the central religious text of Islam, contains several verses that prohibit the consumption of alcohol. There are clear commands from the...

Starting a seed bank at home

Starting a seed bank at home is a great way to preserve family traditions of food and gardening. You don't need to be a biologist...

Abu Dhabi’s Masdar opens 563.3 GWh solar park in Jordan

Thanks to Abu Dhabi's renewable energy company Masdar, of which zero-energy city Masdar is also named energy-poor Jordan gets a new project under the sun....

Muslim astronaut heads to space over Ramadan

Sultan Al Neyadi, SpaceX Crew-6 mission specialist, will be the second United Arab Emirates astronaut to fly to space and the first Arab to spend...

A solar electric car with solar panels from Lebanon

Hicham Husami from Lebanon has announced on Al-Manar TV (Hezbullah-Lebanon) that he has invented the Lira Ecological Car, the first car produced in an Arab...

Coral reefs are losing oxygen: what this means for our seas

Climate change is heating our seas so less oxygen can be absorbed. What does this mean for reef health? Chinese and Israeli researchers give data...

Ancient emmer roots using gene tools from today

In a recent study the group used gene editing and hydroponics to pinpoint which genes are responsible for long roots. Long-rooted wheat can search for...

Sustainable, wild peeing in cities?

How can we combat wild peeing in cities and make our toilets more sustainable?

Why wombats have cubed-shaped poop

Why do some animals poo pellets, some tubes, and others pies, and how is it similar to cooling lava? Cracking the code for cubed poop.

Is Nahum Tower in Bat Yam, Israel the ugliest building in the world?

Is this the world's ugliest building? And why we keep things when they are not perceived as ugly.
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