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An Iconic Puzzle Comes Home as Production of the Rubik’s Cube Returns to Hungary

Varieties Hungarian architect and inventor Ernő Rubik attends the opening event of Rubik's Cube production line of the Jasz-Plasztik plastic processing company in Jaszbereny, Hungary, 10 November 2026. (EPA)

An Iconic Puzzle Comes Home as Production of the Rubik’s Cube Returns to Hungary

More than half a century ago, a Hungarian architect, sculptor and professor invented what would become one of the world's most popular and beloved puzzles…

Varieties SpaceX's mega rocket Starship is stacked and prepared for a test flight from Starbase, Texas, Thursday, Nov. 12, 2026. (AP)

SpaceX Starship Test to Attempt First-Ever Spaceship ‘Catch'

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…

Varieties Traffic moves on a smoggy morning as air pollution spikes in New Delhi, India, November 13, 2026. (Reuters)

Delhi Overtakes Lahore as World’s Most Polluted City as Air Quality Drops

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…

Varieties The findings confirm that meowing is not simply an involuntary expression of emotion, but can be an audience-directed form of communication. (Getty Images)

Study Reveals Why Cats Meow More Around Humans

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…

Varieties  Ziad Tabarra, right, holds falafel sandwiches made with finely ground fava beans at his family's shop in Beirut's Hamra district, Lebanon, Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2026. (AP)

This Beirut Family Has Sold Falafel for 100 Years, Through War and Crisis. It Has No Plan to Stop

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…


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Advanced Patch to Measure Blood Sugar

Swedish scientists at the KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm have developed a tiny system made of a skin patch containing microneedles to monitor…

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Varieties A Deeper Look at Psoriasis

A Deeper Look at Psoriasis

Psoriasis is a big star on TV drug ads, but this autoimmune skin disease is something most people try to keep well hidden. "Psoriasis is among the most…

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Varieties 50 Short Films to Be Screened at Salam Contest in Riyadh

50 Short Films to Be Screened at Salam Contest in Riyadh

Some 50 short films will be screened on Sunday at the Salam (peace) contest, organized by the Salam project for communication between civilizations, reported…

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Arab Booker: 2019 Longlist, Judges to be Announced Next Week

The International Prize for Arabic Fiction (IPAF), which is the most prestigious and important literary prize in the Arab world, has said that the 2019…

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Scientists Develop New Device to Monitor Brain's Electrical Activity

US scientists at the University of California have developed a new neurostimulator to monitor and record any disorder in the brain's electrical activity, to…

Hazem Badr (Cairo)
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Eight People Stuck for 8 Hours in French Amusement Park

Eight people spent their New Year's Eve stuck 50 meters high in the air in an amusement park in Rennes, northwestern France. Nathalie Appere, mayor of Rennes,…

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When Heartbeats Accelerate…No Need to Worry

The heart has a very important role. It pumps and pumps to keep you alive. But people usually do not recognize this importance unless they get robbed or run 50…

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Varieties Cholera Strain in Yemen Traced to Eastern Africa

Cholera Strain in Yemen Traced to Eastern Africa

Scientists have found that a strain of cholera causing an epidemic in Yemen came from eastern Africa and was probably borne into Yemen by migrants, said a…

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Varieties Remnants of Christmas Trees to Produce Food, Paint, Plastic

Remnants of Christmas Trees to Produce Food, Paint, Plastic

Britain consumes millions of trees on Christmas, with most of them ending up in garbage after the holidays. But British researchers have recently managed to…

Hazem Badr (Cairo)
Varieties Russia to Build First Lunar Colony

Russia to Build First Lunar Colony

Human colonies on the moon have become more than just ideas in sci-fi pages or a "mission impossible". Roscosmos, the Russian Space Agency recently announced…

Raed Jaber (Moscow)
Varieties US, Israel Quit UN Cultural Agency over ‘Bias’

US, Israel Quit UN Cultural Agency over ‘Bias’

The United States and Israel officially quit of the UN's educational, scientific and cultural agency, citing bias against Tel Aviv. The withdrawal became…

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Varieties Scientists Identify Protein that Causes Anxiety

Scientists Identify Protein that Causes Anxiety

Scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Experimental Medicine in Göttingen, Germany, have identified a protein which, when inactivated, has an anxiolytic…

Hazem Badr (Cairo)
Varieties Vegan Sausages, Vampires in Poland…Oddest British Queries in 2018

Vegan Sausages, Vampires in Poland…Oddest British Queries in 2018

The Foreign and Commonwealth Office revealed details about some of the oddest queries it received in 2018, including a question about a famous dancing program…

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Varieties Saudi-Korean Cooperation in Technical, Vocational Training Field

Saudi-Korean Cooperation in Technical, Vocational Training Field

Saudi Arabia's Technical and Vocational Training Corporation (TVTC) has signed with Korea Research Institute for Vocational Education and Training (KRIVET) a…

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Varieties Boy Whose Yemeni Mother Fought US Travel Ban to See Him Dies

Boy Whose Yemeni Mother Fought US Travel Ban to See Him Dies

Terminally ill boy whose Yemeni mother fought for more than a year to visit him after being barred from entering the US due to the Trump administration's…

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Varieties Late-Night Tweeting May Affect Pro Basketball Players' Performance

Late-Night Tweeting May Affect Pro Basketball Players' Performance

Professional athletes in the National Basketball Association may score fewer points and snag fewer rebounds the day after late-night activity on Twitter, a new…

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Varieties 4th Jeddah Int’l Book Fair Kicks Off

4th Jeddah Int’l Book Fair Kicks Off

Prince Khalid Al-Faisal bin Abdulaziz, Advisor to the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques and Governor of Makkah Region, oversaw on Wednesday the opening…

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Varieties Libya's 'Green Gold' Olive Industry Hit by Export Ban

Libya's 'Green Gold' Olive Industry Hit by Export Ban

Stretching as far as the eye can see, groves of gnarled olive trees in northwest Libya have proudly withstood the country's devastating conflicts. But the…

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Varieties Lebanese Bakers with Special Needs Master German Rye and Stollen

Lebanese Bakers with Special Needs Master German Rye and Stollen

When Ali Kerdi, who has impaired speech and hearing, was a teenager, he would look on curiously as his mother kneaded and baked their homemade bread. Years…

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Varieties A Taste of Home: Syrian TV-Chef Opens Restaurant in Berlin

A Taste of Home: Syrian TV-Chef Opens Restaurant in Berlin

Tucked away in a former fast-food kiosk in the German capital lies a new restaurant whose owner hopes will provide a taste of home for the thousands of new…

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Varieties War Pushes Women to New Vocations

War Pushes Women to New Vocations

‘Om Mohammad’ is in her fifties whom passers-by got used to seeing her in the same place since the beginning of the war. She lost her husband in the war…

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Varieties Egypt's Mega-museum to Be Launched in 2020

Egypt's Mega-museum to Be Launched in 2020

On the Giza Plateau outside Cairo, thousands of Egyptians are laboring in the shadow of the pyramids to erect a monument worthy of the pharaohs, The…

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Varieties Shoman Foundation Organizes Exhibition for Little Innovators in Jordan

Shoman Foundation Organizes Exhibition for Little Innovators in Jordan

The Department of Education and Science at Abdul Hameed Shoman Foundation organized the Young Innovators Exhibition Thursday to enhance thinking skills among…

Mohamed Al-Daameh (Amman)
Varieties 740,000 Animals Killed in Germany for Scientific Purposes

740,000 Animals Killed in Germany for Scientific Purposes

Over 740,000 animals were killed in Germany last year in scientific researches and two million animals were used for the same purposes. These data were…

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