Australia was one of the first countries to welcome New Year with a grand display of fireworks lighting up the sky over the Sydney Habour. The threat of covid failed to dampen its spirit to celebrate 2022. Celebratory messages of the New Year began pouring on social channels with the likes of Hugh Jackman congratulating […]
Residents of UAE were rejoicing on the New Year’s Eve. Not only in anticipation of the New Year but also for the downpour that UAE witnessed today. Families took the opportunity to venture out for drives to enjoy the weather. Many roads around Sharjah and Dubai witnessed traffic but that did not deter residents to […]
Almost two decades since Concorde retired, interest in supersonic travel has been picking up pace, and several super-fast planes are under development. Airlines seem interested: United has already committed itself to offer supersonic routes as early as 2029. But what about hypersonic travel, which happens at speeds of Mach 5 — five times the speed […]
Prefer your coffee black? Then you probably like dark, bitter chocolate, according to new research identifying a genetic basis for those preferences. If that’s you, then congratulations — you are the lucky genetic winner of a trait that may offer you a boost toward good health, according to caffeine researcher Marilyn Cornelis, an associate professor […]
The bones of five mammoths were discovered with Neanderthal stone tools at a quarry near Swindon, providing a revealing look at life in Britain during the ice age 200,000 years ago. The well-preserved mammoth remains belonged to two adults, two juveniles and an infant. Their bones were found alongside a Neanderthal hand axe and small […]
RAS AL KHAIMAH: Preparations are underway as Ras Al Khaimah is gearing up for another New Year’s Eve fireworks spectacle, set to clinch two world records for ‘Most Remote Operated Multirotors/Drones Launching Fireworks Simultaneously’ and secondly the ‘Highest Altitude Multirotor/Drone Firework Display’. Spanning 4.7 kilometres, the 12-minute pyrotechnic drone and fireworks performance will include 15,000 […]
DUBAI: Dubai is set to enhance its status as one of the world’s leading Creative Cities, with the city publishing a new report that outlines its initiatives and accomplishments over the last four years and a four-year plan to enhance its creative design offerings. The report forms part of the process of renewing Dubai’s membership […]
Talabat has revealed in its findings on food consuming habits in the UAE and it has surprised everyone. Here is a rundown of orders on talabat within UAE in 2021, and some fun facts that we don’t want to forget in a hurry! The data was collected from actual consumer data based on Talabat’s customers’ […]
2m passengers expected at the airport over 11 days Dubai: As part of its measures to minimise crowding at the airport and ensure the health and well-being of its passengers and frontline employees, Dubai Airports has announced that only ticketed passengers will be allowed entry to the terminals at Dubai International (DXB) during the ongoing […]
DUBAI: Imagine trying to play table tennis with a football, using your feet instead of a paddle. In essence, this is what Teqball, a game developed by a trio of Hungarian football fans, is all about – and at Expo 2020 Dubai, visitors no longer have to imagine, with an opportunity to try Teqball for […]
Predictions for the future have not always been entirely accurate. If sci-fi author Philip K. Dick’s classic novel “Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?” had been prophetic, humanoid robots would live among us by now, almost indistinguishable from people. And if Keanu Reeves’ 1995 movie “Johnny Mnemonic” had come to pass, human couriers would, by […]
