CHAIRMAN: DR. KHALID BIN THANI AL THANI
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF: PROF. KHALID MUBARAK AL-SHAFI

Life Style / Technology

Water-smart green roofs and plazas make a splash in Rotterdam 22 Jul 2019 - 08:19 pm
Rain collects in the main water basin of the Benthemplein public
Machine-meshed super-humans remain stuff of fantasy 20 Jul 2019 - 07:43 pm
Futurist entrepreneur Elon Musk speaks during the unveiling of the new Tesla Model Y in Hawthorne, California on March 14, 2019. AFP / Frederic J Brown
NASA aims to build on moon as a way station for Mars 20 Jul 2019 - 07:43 pm
A museum employee carries a life-sized astronaut cutout of NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine, during the Apollo 11, 50th Live celebration at Space Center Houston on July 19, 2019, in Houston, Texas. AFP / Loren Elliott
Instagram expands hiding 'likes' to make you happier 19 Jul 2019 - 08:04 pm
In this file photo taken on May 2, 2019 logos of US social network Instagram are displayed on a screen of a smartphone in Nantes, western France.  AFP / Loic Venance
Air conditioning is making the world a hotter place 19 Jul 2019 - 05:50 pm
Eighty-seven percent of U.S. households had some kind of air conditioning in 2015, up from 55.6% in 1978. (Vivek Prakash / Reuters)
June 2019 was the hottest June on record across the globe 19 Jul 2019 - 05:50 pm
A Palestinian children take a bath in a slum on the outskirts of the Khan Yunis refugee camp, in the southern Gaza Strip on July 17, 2019, during a heat wave. AFP / Mahmud Hams
A squeaky clean: friendly robots spruce up Singapore 18 Jul 2019 - 09:01 pm
Autonomous cleaning robots moving on a platform during a launch in Singapore on July 17, 2019.  AFP / Roslan Rahman
Myths and risks in app that gives you peek into older self 18 Jul 2019 - 02:00 pm
This illustration picture shows FaceApp application displayed on the screen of a smartphone. AFP / Kirill KUDRYAVTSEV
Way spiders walk is what makes them scary 16 Jul 2019 - 04:50 pm
Peninsula
Italians cheer on wild bear's 'Great Escape' 16 Jul 2019 - 02:19 pm
Image of a bear used for representation
Off the hook: Manta ray asks divers for helping hand 15 Jul 2019 - 02:15 pm
Peninsula
Armstrong's famous "one small step" quote explained 14 Jul 2019 - 10:16 pm
 In this image from NASA on July 20, 1969, Apollo 11 space mission US astronaut Buzz Aldrin conducts experiment on the moon's surface on a picture taken by Neil Armstrong, after both climbed down the ladder of the lunar module .  AFP PHOTO / NASA / Neil A
Mediterranean sharks risk 'disappearing': conservationists 12 Jul 2019 - 07:09 pm
Members of Greenpeace film a Spanish fishing vessel capturing sharks near the Portuguese Azores, Portugal, June 26, 2019. (Greenpeace Handout via Reuters)
Climate change threatens Greenland's archeological sites 11 Jul 2019 - 10:51 pm
REPRSENTATIVE IMAGE:  A seal carcass and offal rests on the shoreline of the harbour in the town of Tasiilaq. Greenland, June 18, 2018. Reuters/Lucas Jackson
Sturgeon, America's forgotten dinosaurs, slowly coming back 10 Jul 2019 - 07:20 pm
Photo courtesy: YouTube/Fisherman's Life
Boat-sinking Indonesian minister dares Zuckerberg to paddle race 10 Jul 2019 - 10:54 am
Peninsula
China firm microchips bedsheets after cleaning scandals 09 Jul 2019 - 03:43 pm
Peninsula
Wimbledon targets Asian fans 'nirvana' with lite app 07 Jul 2019 - 06:57 pm
An IBM technician poses with screens showing IBM's AI-generated highlights of play on the sixth day of the 2019 Wimbledon Championships at The All England Lawn Tennis Club in Wimbledon, southwest London, on July 6, 2019.  AFP / Glyn Kirk