Articles (Scientist)

What Do You Know about Face Blindness (Prosopagnosia)?
(Health and Diseases)

A neurological disorder causes a person to not recognize or distinguish faces; not related to memory loss, vision impairment or disabilities.


The Life and Death of Language
(Education, Business, and Society)

We express and communicate our thoughts to others through language; some people say you are not born into a culture but into a language.


Human Chimeras: One Body, Two Individuals
(Human Body)

Normally, each person is born with one blood type and one set of DNA; but, is this always the case? There might be two or more individuals inhabiting your own body without you even knowing! 


Tonga Volcano Records Highest Plume Ever
(Earth Sciences)

Hunga Tonga is one of a million submarine volcanoes that erupt violently once a millennium; do the emitted gases impact the Earth's climate?


Stay Tuned: History of Broadcasting
(Inventions and Innovations)

Broadcasting dramatically changed life; radio, and later television, brought news and information from around the world into homes.


Women’s Contributions to Scientific Discovery
(Inventions and Innovations)

Many women have made significant scientific discoveries that have contributed to changing the course of science.

Youssef and the Biological Clock
(Human Body)

The biological clock is responsible for major changes in our behavior, mood, and body functions; every cell have something similar to a clock.


Cancer: It is a Manmade Disease
(Health and Diseases)

Cancer is Manmade! Yes, cancer, mankind’s deadliest and most elusive enemy, was ironically created by humans as declared by a study.


Anesthesia: A Giant Leap for Humanity
(Health and Diseases)

In an operating room, an anesthesiologist injects a fluid in one of the patient’s veins, the latter loses consciousness; things were not that easy.


The Suffering of Scientists
(Inventions and Innovations)

The vast body of knowledge we enjoy today was not handed to us on a silver platter; it is the outcome of the suffering of many scientists.


Inventions and the Culture of Creativity
(Inventions and Innovations)

Inventions, based on scientific creativity, laid the foundation for the progress of humanity in several domains, especially that of technology.


Click Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Manufacturing
(Physical and Chemical Sciences)

The outputs of click reactions are similar to snapping Lego blocks together; if we want to build any shape, we will use the appropriate cubes, and the output will be the shape we first planned.


Déjà vu between Illusion and Truth
(Human Body)

Have you ever felt like you have already experienced a present situation? It is a strange and unique phenomenon that takes place in the human mind, best known as Déjà vu (already seen).


The Arab Renaissance
(Inventions and Innovations)

Using the Arabic language, which is without doubt the language of science for the human race, Muslims have achieved the miracle of Arab science.


Origami Applications in Science
(Science in Arts and Culture)

Origami has inspired people from different scientific backgrounds to apply its principles in their specialties to move from space to underground.

El-Abbadi and the Bibliotheca Alexandrina
(Inventions and Innovations)

We will never cease to write keenly about Alexandria and its renowned Library, for the history-changing contributions the city and its Ancient Library bestowed upon humanity are fathomless.

A One-way or a Round-trip to Mars?
(Astronomy and Space Sciences)

Since the 1930s, interest in Mars has been increasing, and today, more spacecrafts are sent to the Red Planet than to any other planet.

A Busy Agenda for Mars!
(Astronomy and Space Sciences)

We see our Red neighbor glowing in the sky, hoping it would be our safe refuge; this is how decision makers racing to study Mars think.


Aristotle and the Legacy of Logic
(Inventions and Innovations)

A prolific writer and polymath, Aristotle radically transformed most, if not all, areas of knowledge he touched. He was the first to classify areas of human knowledge into distinct disciplines that are still used today.


Innovative Face-Masks
(Inventions and Innovations)

With the COVID-19 pandemic, the development of face-masks become a matter of urgency to keep abreast of the pandemic.


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