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09 May 2019 | 13:39 BST

Life = matter + information. Or does it?

Posted by Mohammed Yahia | Categories: Evolution, Science, Technology, Wisdom

Life = matter + information. Or does it?

“We are points of order in a disordered universe. This is an expression of how we feel about being ruled by physics in all our emotions and reactions. It’s how we interpret, describe and live our lives within this system.”  … Read more

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  • cell biology
  • environment
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  • nature
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  • Syria
  • time

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21 Jun 2017 | 20:25 BST

Weird birds

Posted by Pakinam Amer | Categories: Research, Science

Egyptian vultures exhibit strange mud-coloring rituals.

Scientists have discovered that Egyptian vultures engage in a peculiar “mudding” ritual that is one among a set of unique behaviors that not only distinguish the vultures from other birds of prey, but also, quite frankly, make them look a little “weird” in comparison.  Read more

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  • science
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20 Apr 2017 | 09:52 BST

Visual experiments straddling art and science

Posted by Pakinam Amer | Categories: Research, Science, Technology

Filmmaker Markos Kay.

Digital artist and director Markos Kay, who visited the Middle East for the first time last month to exhibit a new film called ‘Quantum Fluctuations: Experiments in Flux’ at the Imagine Science Film Festival in Abu Dhabi, pioneers at visualising the unvisualisable.  Read more

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29 Nov 2016 | 23:30 GMT

Bringing cinema magic to science

Posted by Pakinam Amer | Categories: 2016, Ecology and Evolution, Environment, Research, Science, Technology

Bringing cinema magic to science

In its third edition in Abu Dhabi, Imagine Science Film Festival, running from 2 to 4 March, 2017, is dedicated to light through a multitude of pictures spanning documentary, fiction and experimental film. The film festival, which contemplates the intersection between science and art and which takes place at the Arts Centre in New York University Abu Dhabi (NYUAD), chooses a theme for its productions every year, and creates a conversation around it through talks, workshops, performances, and screenings of both local and international films.  Read more

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29 Sep 2016 | 18:58 BST

Empowering women scientists in MENA

Posted by Pakinam Amer | Categories: 2016, Agriculture, Research, Science

Funded by the Islamic Development Bank and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, an international center for agriculture is promising to lay the ground work for a women empowerment initiative aimed at scientists, reportedly the first of its kind in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region.  Read more

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26 Jan 2016 | 07:54 GMT

You’re as happy as your genes allow you to

Posted by Pakinam Amer | Categories: Mental Health, Research, Science

Or so claims a new study in the Journal of Happiness Studies, by two researchers from the Varna University of Management in Bulgaria, and the Hong Kong Polytechnic University. The researchers believe they have established a link between genetic make-up and how happy certain populations are.  Read more

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  • Genetics
  • happiness
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06 Mar 2014 | 10:18 GMT

Women’s gap from education to research

Posted by Mohammed Yahia | Categories: Research

Women's gap from education to research

More women than ever before are pursuing education in science around the world, and the Arab world is no exception. However, the number of women who pursue research careers after education quickly trickles down, especially in the private sector. In the Arab world, this is mainly due to cultural norms that force women to forego time-consuming research careers for family-raising responsibilities.  Read more

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02 Jan 2014 | 13:23 GMT

2013: Nature Middle East’s Special Editions

Posted by Pakinam Amer | Categories: Health, Policy, Research, Roundup, Science

For Nature Middle East, 2013 has been an exciting year–with wider coverage of science and research news across the region, and the beta-launch of monthly special editions of the online magazine in April, and regularly starting October.  Read more

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  • features
  • health
  • Middle East
  • roundup
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  • year in review

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