Science
Blankets cover Swiss glacier in vain effort to halt icemelt
September 15, 2015
Blankets cover Swiss glacier in vain effort to halt icemelt
From afar, the Rhone glacier looks pristine, but on closer inspection the surface is covered with white blankets to slow…
New Ebola fatality in Sierra Leone: authorities
September 14, 2015
New Ebola fatality in Sierra Leone: authorities
A 16-year-old girl has died from Ebola in the northern Sierra Leone city of Makeni, the National Ebola Response Centre…
Beat cancer with a smile
September 14, 2015
Beat cancer with a smile
In celebration of Globe-athon to End Women's Cancers, an international movement to educate people on cancer, a group of volunteers…
Smoke from burning waste reduces visibility in Daqahlia
September 14, 2015
Smoke from burning waste reduces visibility in Daqahlia
Every year smoke blankets the sky in the Delta region, due to the burning of the waste left over from…
Hundreds of fish found dead in Beheira Nile
September 14, 2015
Hundreds of fish found dead in Beheira Nile
Hundreds of dead fish were found floating on the Nile in the Rahmaniya and Shobrakit areas of the Beheira governorate…
Global warming to pick up in 2015, 2016: Experts
September 14, 2015
Global warming to pick up in 2015, 2016: Experts
Man-made global warming is set to produce exceptionally high average temperatures this year and next, boosted by natural weather phenomena…
DuPont to face first trial over C-8 exposure
September 14, 2015
DuPont to face first trial over C-8 exposure
Chemical giant DuPont Monday will face the first trial in litigation from residents near one of its plants in West…
Digging for antiquities, a dream to get rich fast in Upper Egypt
September 13, 2015
Digging for antiquities, a dream to get rich fast in Upper Egypt
Digging for antiquities is a common phenomenon in Upper Egypt and it has its own rituals.
Green turtle saved
September 13, 2015
Green turtle saved
After Al-Masry Al-Youm published a picture of a young man catching a female green turtle and putting it up for…
Kazakhstan greets record-breaking Russian cosmonaut
September 13, 2015
Kazakhstan greets record-breaking Russian cosmonaut
Kazakhstan welcomed the world's most experienced space flier, Russian Gennady Padalka, and two rookie crewmates on Saturday, including Denmark's first-ever…