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Cardio Exercises and Heart Health
(Food, Mood, and Behavior)

Do you want your heart to love you? What about performing some cardiovascular exercises, also known as “Cardio”?


Why Do Beach Sand Look Different?
(Earth Sciences)

The sand of different beaches differs in color, size, and composition. To understand the science behind these differences, we invite you to read the following lines.


Let Us Burn More Fat
(Food, Mood, and Behavior)

Metabolism has a miraculous ability to turn the overweight into healthy, slim human beings; let us then find out more about it.


The Science behind Waterslides
(Physical and Chemical Sciences)

As summer approaches, we eagerly await our chance to take a break from our hard work throughout the year. To beat the heat, we often head to water parks, but have you ever wondered how water parks and water slides work?

The Benguela Marine Ecosystem
(Microorganism, Animal and Plant Life)

One of the most precious resources that have been facing many challenges is the Benguela Marine Ecosystem, which runs along southwestern Africa and the coastline of Angola, Namibia, and South Africa.


Summertime and Dry Eyes
(Health and Diseases)

Dry eyes could spoil all family plans due to the constant burning sensation of the eyes, which makes summer daytime a torment and can ruin the whole holiday.


Acidification Attack
(Earth Sciences)

The introduction of massive amounts of CO2 into the seas is altering water chemistry and affecting the life cycles of many marine organisms, particularly those at the lower end of the food chain.


Ice Cream and Dental Health
(Food, Mood, and Behavior)

As temperature and humidity levels rise during the summer, many adults and children crave iced snacks which help them mitigate the heat. Ice cream is one of the most popular summer snacks; eating ice cream is a summer habit favored by everyone.

Look Who is Sensing!
(Human Body)

You may liken the womb to a dark cave of quiet water, and wonder how the five senses as we know them develop from the embryo stage until the baby is born.

Life in the Time of Coronavirus: Kids Edition
(Education, Business, and Society)

Children express in this article their opinions and present their experiences in the time of the coronavirus. They share with us their knowledge, which we support with additional information that we ask parents to make sure that their children read for more clarification as well.


Young Diabetics... Young Champions
(Science Fun Time: Stories and Activities)

The mother called her 11-year-old son from among his soccer peers before the match started, pointing to her arm.


Citizen Science
(Education, Business, and Society)

How often have you seen something that intrigued your curiosity while observing the sky, or a plant or a bug in your house garden that you had never read about before, but then you just ignored that?


It Is Not Always as It Seems
(Science Fun Time: Stories and Activities)

This day has been carefully marked in Omar’s calendar; it is his first day in swimming training after a long year of hard studying.


Super Pregnant Women
(Human Body)

During pregnancy, almost every pregnant woman becomes more sensitive and reactive to the scents around them, describing a heightened awareness and sensitivity to a variety of odors.


Where is the Moon?
(Science Fun Time: Stories and Activities)

"Where is the Moon?” Ahmed wondered as he looked at the dark night sky. The Moon is nowhere to be found. “But, it was there. I saw it.” The sky was clear, so the Moon was not hiding behind the clouds.


Cholestrol and Kids
(Food, Mood, and Behavior)

Once thought of as a disease of middle age, heart disease, heart attacks, strokes, and other blood vessel problems, cholesterol is a growing concern among our children and adolescents.


Egyptian Researcher Elham Fadaly
(Inventions and Innovations)

The name of Dr. Elham Fadaly has recently become popular in the scientific society, as a research paper she co-authored was published in the renowned Nature magazine. 


Exploring the Human Civilization Enigma - Final Episode
(Science Fun Time: Stories and Activities)

Who wants to live on this planet with its growing pollution, ignorance, and lack of conscious? That is what the shortest called for in the previous episodes. 


Exploring the Human Civilization Enigma - Episode 7
(Science Fun Time: Stories and Activities)

These creatures are rational, intelligent, developed, and liberated; they come from a faraway planet they promised to tell you its name and location.


Munchausen Syndrome
(Health and Diseases)

The Munchausen Syndrome is a psychological disorder where a healthy person pretends to have a physical or psychological illness and may undergo surgery.


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