Elon Musk's SpaceX was poised Friday to carry out its latest test of the world's biggest and most powerful rocket, the Starship, with plans for a…
India's capital Delhi overtook Lahore in Pakistan to become the world's most polluted city on Friday, with air quality reaching hazardous levels and visibility…
Domestic cats meow differently depending on whether their human caretakers are present in the room or not, scientists confirm in a new study published by The…
For more than a century, the Tabbara family has been serving up falafel to Beirut’s residents. Their business, which predates Lebanon’s founding, has…
Muscles may "remember" in ways that will allow us to regain fitness once gyms reopen and we start working out again. For those of us sheltering at home…
Missing scenes, unfinished episodes and sets sanitized against coronavirus -- much-loved Ramadan television soaps are struggling to keep the cameras rolling…
A famous Kuwaiti actress has sparked a furore by calling for expatriates to be expelled from the Gulf country so that locals can be sure of having a hospital…
Billie Eilish sang on her sofa, Elton John played a keyboard belonging to his children, and the Backstreet Boys sang in harmony from five locations as dozens…
As people try to maintain social engagement during self-isolation, citizen science offers a unique opportunity to fight boredom. Citizen science is a…
Queen Tex factory in Gaza used to specialize in manufacturing shirts and jeans, but with the novel coronavirus epidemic sweeping the globe it has pivoted into…
Egypt's famed Great Pyramid was emblazoned Monday evening with messages of unity and solidarity with those battling the novel coronavirus the world over. …
Our world has been shaken by the novel coronavirus that has forced us to change the routines of our lives in major ways to protect ourselves from the infection…
Researchers from the University of Zurich (UZH) are studying how weightlessness impacts the production of human tissue. They sent 250 tubes of adult human stem…
Government measures to stop the coronavirus spreading are keeping most of Jordan's workers at home, but 40 women making crucial protective wear for medics…
Thieves stole a painting by Dutch master Vincent van Gogh overnight from the Netherlands' Singer Laren Museum, currently closed to the public because of the…
Of a world in coronavirus turmoil, they may know little or nothing. Submariners stealthily cruising the ocean deeps, purposefully shielded from worldly…
Cities under lockdown to stop the spread of the coronavirus are making more room on their streets for pedestrians, fulfilling a long-standing demand by…
A South African couple who ran a marathon on the balcony of their Dubai apartment, streaming it online, plan to take the project global to help people shake…
Under the sign “Take out only” and a tall bottle of antiseptic by his side, Mazin Hashim, 54, rearranged the coals heating a water pipe outside his famed cafe…
The Mu'taz and Rada Sawwaf Arabic Comics Initiative, which is an academic body for the study of Arabic Comics at the American University of Beirut, has…
The world's oldest zoo is shut to the public for the first time since World War Two as London locks down because of the coronavirus pandemic, but for the…
A US-based lab has unveiled a portable test that can detect the COVID-19 disease in as little as five minutes, it said in a statement Friday. Abbott…
A South African couple are to run a marathon on their Dubai balcony to be streamed online as an example of how to beat the coronavirus blues under lockdown. …
As with everything that the coronavirus leaves in its wake, the suspension of operations by most major theaters around the country feels surreal—though surely…
Scientists at the University of Geneva, Switzerland, said certain personality traits protect brain structures against neuro-degeneration and Alzheimer's…
A team of geologists from the University of California have discovered a rice-like organism with a front and back, two symmetrical sides, and openings at…
Egypt began deep cleaning the area around the Giza pyramids on Wednesday as authorities work to disinfect tourist spots closed down by the coronavirus outbreak…
Studios look ready to rush out movies online during the pandemic – but can the big blockbusters afford to? This week should have signaled the start of the…