Celiac Disease from another perspective
The Lebanese Society for Celiac disease (wheat allergy) organized a seminar at the Lebanese American University (LAU) in Beirut. The seminar tackled the medical and therapeutic aspects of the...
New Horizons’ Best Close-Up of Pluto’s Surface
This is the most detailed view of Pluto’s terrain you’ll see for a very long time. This mosaic strip – extending across the hemisphere that faced the New Horizons spacecraft as it flew past Pluto on...
NASA Scientists Explain the Art of Creating Digital Hurricanes
Every day, scientists at NASA work on creating better hurricanes – on a computer screen. At NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, a team of scientists spends its days...
What is Epilepsy?
International Epilepsy Day is a joint initiative by the International Bureau for Epilepsy (IBE) and the International League Against Epilepsy (ILAE). What is this disease? and how can you...
New earpiece translates speech in real-time
Language barriers can make travel feel difficult or daunting, but a new earpiece known as ‘Pilot’ could mean you never get lost in translation again. The technology – which consists of two small...
NASA: Solar Storms May Have Been Key to Life on Earth
Our sun’s adolescence was stormy—and new evidence shows that these tempests may have been just the key to seeding life as we know it. Some 4 billion years ago, the sun shone with only about...
World’s Largest Cruise Ship… Just another “deadly” Polluter!
You might be interested in a cruise trip this summer. Of course, this will be so much fun, but while you might think that you are breathing clean air in the middle of the sea, you are actually...
10 facts on preventing disease through healthy environments
An estimated 12.6 million people died as a result of living or working in an unhealthy environment in 2012 – nearly 1 in 4 global deaths. Environmental risk factors such as air, water and soil...
