الشهر: نوفمبر 2015

11.11.2015

(English) Al-Razi, Ibn Sina and the Canon of Medicine

We explore the links between medical research in the Golden Age of Science and the modern practise of medicine today Standing in one of the largest […]

11.11.2015

(English) El Nino threatens millions of children in Africa: UN

Water shortages, hunger, and disease could affect 11 million kids in southern Africa, warns UNICEF.Some 11 million children in eastern and southern Africa face hunger, disease, […]

11.11.2015

(English) Afghans protest decapitations of ethnic Hazara by ISIL

Thousands of demonstrators took to the streets of Afghanistan’s capital on Wednesday with coffins carrying the bodies of seven ethnic Hazara demanding justice after their beheadings. […]

11.11.2015

(English) Singles Day: James Bond, bragging and ‘eating dirt’

From jokes about eating soil to surprise cameos by James Bond and President Frank Underwood, the national shopping spree that is China’s Singles Day yet again […]

11.11.2015

(English) Egypt pyramids scan finds mystery heat spots

An international team of architects and scientists have observed “thermal anomalies” in the pyramids of Giza, Egyptian antiquities officials say. Thermal cameras detected higher temperatures in […]

11.11.2015

(English) Dubai Airshow: Jetpacks finally set for lift off?

Are jetpacks about to move from the realms of fantasy and adventure to serious practical application? A deal between Dubai’s civil defence force and New Zealand-based […]

11.11.2015

(English) Crass, loud, meaningless: Why have we ruined Diwali like this?

Diwali is perhaps the most important Hindu festival celebrated in north India, but over the past decade or so, it has degenerated into a crass commercial […]