AL AIN: Al Ain Zoo launches a dynamic new experience for website visitors that takes them on a fascinating journey through the Sheikh Zayed Desert Learning Centre, with three unique audio tours through the popular “Our Heritage, Our Identity”, “Zayed’s Footsteps”, and “Art of Architecture” tours. Speaking on the launch, Muneera Jasem Al Housani, Director […]
GEMS Education launched the first-ever ‘plogging’ event in the UAE in partnership with DULSCO, as the first initiative to bring the GEMS Global Ambassadors together on a common mission earlier today. The GEMS Plogging Event aimed at bringing together 50 participants including students, staff, and parents from across 5 GEMS schools in Dubai to spread […]
ABU DHABI: The Environment Agency – Abu Dhabi (EAD) has launched an ambitious project aimed at numbering and coding old, endangered trees, which have historical importance in their natural environments and habitats, across the Emirate of Abu Dhabi – a first for the Agency. The Agency will implement the numbering programme through dual initiatives, which […]
Thailand taxi fleets are giving new meaning to the term “rooftop garden,” as they employ the roofs of cabs that went out of commission by the COVID19 crisis to serve as small vegetable plots. Drivers from two taxi cooperatives gathered the miniature gardens recently using black plastic garbage bags stretched across bamboo frames. The ultimate […]
A “megapod” or a group of more than 100 humpback whales have been filmed surrounding a boat off the coast of Australia. It is believed to be an incredibly rare sighting as per experts. The group of whales skirted the boat near Bermagui in the state of New South Wales, as they fed on a […]
Although many perceive Hong Kong to be a concrete jungle, it is home to one of Asia’s most biodiverse cities and boasts more hard coral species than the Caribbean. These corals are however under threat from pollution and constant urban development. ArchiREEF, a company from Hong Kong University, says it may have a solution: 3D-printed […]
The Airlander 10 currently the world’s longest aircraft that is eco-friendly – aims to start rolling out flights by 2025. It is also being said that it could slash its CO2 emissions by up to 90 percent compared to traditional aircraft in similar roles. Hybrid Air Vehicles (HAV) is the English company that manufactures the […]
ABU DHABI: Using a leaf found from the archaeological site of an ancient Egyptian temple, researchers from New York University Abu Dhabi’s (NYUAD) Centre for Genomics and Systems Biology have successfully determined the ancient hybrid origin of some date palms, which could prove useful for modern date palm breeding as the plant remains a cornerstone […]
As technology continues to amaze the world a group of researchers has now developed a new material that is as soft as cotton yet strong like Kevlar. What’s more, this material can be used like normal clothes as well as washed the same way. The material that is called “carbon nanotube threads” works just like […]
DUBAI: Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) has inaugurated the world’s first mosque to receive the platinum rating for green buildings by the Leadership for Energy and Environmental Design (LEED v4) from the US Green Buildings Council (USGBC) with 83 points. The mosque in Hatta can accommodate more than 600 worshippers on an area of […]
Monkeys in Bali have resorted to raiding villagers’ homes in search of food as they have been deprived of their stable source of food i.e. tourists. Residents of Sangeh village have said that the macaques have been venturing out of the sanctuary about 500 meters away to loom around on their roofs waiting for the […]
