The University of Wollongong in Dubai and Help AG (a cybersecurity company that is part of e&) held a STEAM camp for young girls in grades 6-10 in April 2024. Photo: Help AG

Emirati Women’s Day: Efforts to empower UAE women in Stem fields show positive results

Women playing a significant role in shaping technological and scientific advancements in the UAE

Technology

How construction sector can build towards net zero

Science

Morocco to host talks on 'worrying' prospect of AI chemical weapons

Europe

Inside Dubai's Global Prompt Engineering Championship

Technology

How plate tectonics helps us better understand world's energy reserves

Energy

Ancient skull found in Iraq recreated as part of Netflix documentary

Science

How one neuroscientist is using tech to unravel the mysteries of the brain

Future
Japanese man Chitetsu Watanabe, who at the time of his death in 2020 was the world's oldest living man, at 112 years, 355 days. AFP

Dementia-detecting cameras support ageing populations

Japan leads the way as technology plays a key role in an ageing world

Science

What does Microsoft's quantum computing breakthrough mean?

Technology

Google Street View helps predict the risk of heart disease

Science

Heat might be making you more prone to illness

Science

Bangladesh, Pakistan and India have world's most-polluted air, report finds

Environment

In the blue zone: The secrets to living beyond 100

Science

Future pill may mimic exercise benefits for muscle health

Science
Pollution in Dhaka, Bangladesh, which has topped a list of countries with the most-polluted air in the world. EPA

Bangladesh, Pakistan and India have world's most-polluted air, report finds

Middle Eastern countries also have high levels of particulate pollution, although concentrations appear to be falling

Environment

In the blue zone: The secrets to living beyond 100

Science

Future pill may mimic exercise benefits for muscle health

Science

How science is pushing the boundaries for the first 150-year-old human

Science

Abu Dhabi’s manufacturing sector contributed 53% to UAE’s industrial economy in 2024

Primark to open three stores in Dubai next year

Iran to ‘open gates of hell' if US or Israel attack, IRGC chief warns

'We are full of confidence': Dubai BC mean business in ABA play-offs

CommentA self-assured UAE is playing a balancing role in a dynamic world

UAE theme parks you can visit before Disneyland Abu Dhabi opens

Palantir's Alex Karp tells pro-Palestine protester she is 'product of an evil force'

Hazza Al Mansouri shares unique struggles of life in space: ‘I couldn’t even tie my shoelaces’

Nvidia's Earth-2 deal marks milestone in UAE-US AI co-operation

UAE expert warns of urgent need for reskilling as next-generation AI threatens to replace traditional jobs

The $10 billion Jurassic Park-style plan to revive the woolly mammoth and the dodo

After dire wolves, which other extinct species could be resurrected?

Disney to open first Middle East theme park in Abu Dhabi

Disney to open first Middle East theme park in Abu Dhabi

Stunning light display celebrates Disneyland Abu Dhabi

Stunning light display celebrates Disneyland Abu Dhabi

Dubai awards Dh1 billion contract for construction of a second runway of Al Maktoum International Airport

Dubai awards Dh1 billion contract for construction of a second runway of Al Maktoum International Airport

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