Purchase the Summer Break Starter Kit from Motion Ladies Fitness Center and get two months of unlimited classes for Dh1,900. Courtesy Motion Ladies Fitness Center
Purchase the Summer Break Starter Kit from Motion Ladies Fitness Center and get two months of unlimited classes for Dh1,900. Courtesy Motion Ladies Fitness Center

5 healthy things to do this weekend: pop-up yoga at Bodytree, learn about fitness during Ramadan, free classes at Boxpark



Sign up to take part in the pop-up class Yoga Lab with Heather at Bodytree Studio. This creative vinyasa class led by Heather Bonker lets the student request what is included, whether it's more hip openers, chanting, longer savasana (relaxation) or arm balances. The class is intensive and is best suited to intermediate yoga participants. Friday, 9am to 10.30am, Dh95 includes juice from Nectar, Bodytree Studio, Abu Dhabi, 02 443 4448, info@bodytreestudio.com

Attend the second event in the Flow Talk Series hosted by CrossFit coach Abeer Al Khaja, who will discuss the best ways to stay fit and healthy through Ramadan, including how to balance training with fasting, top tips and recommended food plans for the Holy Month. Saturday, 11am, free, Flow, Jumeirah Emirates Towers, Dubai, www.flowdubai.com/talkseries

Head to Boxpark to take advantage of the free fitness classes presented by trainers from Fitness First. Classes include Zumba, Body Attack high-intensity interval training and chilled-out morning yoga. Then visit Markette to refuel post workout with a healthy bite. Class participants can enjoy a healthy breakfast or tropical smoothie bowl with fresh juice for Dh54. Saturdays, Mondays and Wednesdays until May 31, 8.30am to 9.30am; Markette breakfast offer for Fitness First activity participants, available 8am to 1pm, free, between Bianca and Markette, Boxpark, Al Wasl Road, Dubai, www.boxpark.ae

Purchase the Summer Break Starter Kit from Motion Ladies Fitness Center and get unlimited classes for two months. Choose from daily classes, including barre, yoga, TRX, Pilates and dance. Classes are available in the early mornings, throughout the day, and in the evenings. New 7am classes include Six Pack Attack, Kettlebells and Core Pilates. The starter kit includes a branded bag, towel and vest top. Available throughout May and valid for two months from purchase date, Dh1,900, Motion Ladies Fitness Center, Umm Suqeim 3, Dubai, 04 328 2538, www.motionfitnesscenter.com

Register now to take part in the Ramadan Night Run at Yas Marina Circuit and Dubai Autodrome. Stay active during the Holy Month and take part with family and friends, choosing from a variety of distances – 3km, 5km and 10km – for runners of all abilities. June 2 at Yas Marina Circuit; June 9 at Dubai Autodrome, 10.15pm to midnight, Yas Marina Circuit, Yas Island, Abu Dhabi; Dubai Autodrome, Dubai, register by May 28 for Abu Dhabi and by June 4 for Dubai at www.premieronline.com

Europe’s rearming plan
  • Suspend strict budget rules to allow member countries to step up defence spending
  • Create new "instrument" providing €150 billion of loans to member countries for defence investment
  • Use the existing EU budget to direct more funds towards defence-related investment
  • Engage the bloc's European Investment Bank to drop limits on lending to defence firms
  • Create a savings and investments union to help companies access capital
How Alia's experiment will help humans get to Mars

Alia’s winning experiment examined how genes might change under the stresses caused by being in space, such as cosmic radiation and microgravity.

Her samples were placed in a machine on board the International Space Station. called a miniPCR thermal cycler, which can copy DNA multiple times.

After the samples were examined on return to Earth, scientists were able to successfully detect changes caused by being in space in the way DNA transmits instructions through proteins and other molecules in living organisms.

Although Alia’s samples were taken from nematode worms, the results have much bigger long term applications, especially for human space flight and long term missions, such as to Mars.

It also means that the first DNA experiments using human genomes can now be carried out on the ISS.

 

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