Articles

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.


Life Under Ice Does Not Take a Winter Break
(Earth Sciences)

It has always been understood that life under ice takes the winter season off, but studies have found that life under the ice is very much active.


Important Applications Revealed by the Coronavirus Crisis
(Education, Business, and Society)

We do not realize that our use of mobile phones and tablets is limited until we discover more fascinating options, applications, and settings.


A Lockdown Generation (2): The Psychological Impacts of the Coronavirus on University Students
(Education, Business, and Society)

Universities were locked after the outbreak of COVID-19; even though things seemed bright, for many distant learning was not that easy.


A Lockdown Generation: Remote-Learning Lessons and Practices
(Education, Business, and Society)

The lockdown has not been an easy or familiar experience; althuogh youths were reluctant, children were full of curiosity and defiance.


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.


Maker Movement: From Candy Molds to 3D Printers
(Education, Business, and Society)

Everyone has once created something; it is not new for humans to innovate solutions and share new paths with others; we are all makers.


Look Up: Once-in-a-50-Millenia Comet to Appear in the Sky!
(Astronomy and Space Sciences)

A green comet will make its closest approach to the Sun and Earth in January and early February 2023; do not miss this awesome opportunity.


Memories: To keep or not to keep
(Human Body)

A New Year, a new journal prompts to prepare for the future and reflect on the past year’s memories. We introduce how our brains store memories and recall them, and share small actions to cope with short-memory loss.


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.


Mountain Hares and Climate Change
(Microorganism, Animal and Plant Life)

Mountain hares suffer an untimely change of their fur color; due to climate change, the hares lost their ability to camouflage and hide from predators.

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).


Caudal Regression Syndrome
(Health and Diseases)

As the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 is set to end today, we recall its lavish opening ceremony and its extraordinary star Ghanim Al-Muftah, who has one of the rarest disorders known as caudal regression syndrome.


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.


Allergies: The Downfall of the Immune System
(Health and Diseases)

It is amazing how our immune system acts as an internal army against any external invasion; however, this army can sometimes be the threat itself.


Mountains: the Road to a Sustainable Future
(Earth Sciences)

Mountains cover almost 24% of the world’s land area and exist at different elevations; they are steeper, larger, and more than 600 meters in height.

Primitive Writing Systems
(Inventions and Innovations)

Writing held an extremely special and important role among ancient societies as myths were drawn up to explain its divine origin.


Athletic by Nature (3): Sharks Are Fast and Furious
(Microorganism, Animal and Plant Life)

Sharks can hardly be outswam, which is no wonder given their more than 400-million-year evolutionary history in the ocean.


Athletic by Nature (2): Insects Are Small but Mighty
(Microorganism, Animal and Plant Life)

While big animals have big muscles, with smaller bodies, tiny creatures invest most of their muscle power in weightlifting.


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