science
Egypt to become third country to have space station
Egypt
December 26, 2017
Egypt to become third country to have space station
Parliament finalized on Monday the approval of a law to construct an Egyptian space station, reported Al-Masry Al- Youm, in…
Award winning BBC Blue Planet documentary to feature Egypt in sequel
Environment
October 23, 2017
Award winning BBC Blue Planet documentary to feature Egypt in sequel
BBC recently announced it would be airing a seven-part sequel of Blue Planet documentary series later this year, aiming to highlight scientific…
Omar Samra launches a project to engage Egyptian students in space science
Egypt
November 16, 2016
Omar Samra launches a project to engage Egyptian students in space science
Targeting more than 100 schools and universities across the country, The Egyptian adventurer Omar Samra launched a new project entitled…
Hard crash-landing may have wrecked Europe’s Mars probe
Science
October 23, 2016
Hard crash-landing may have wrecked Europe’s Mars probe
Scientists say Europe's experimental Mars probe has hit the right spot but may have been destroyed in a fiery ball…
Japan’s Ohsumi wins Nobel for studies of cell ‘self-eating’ process
Science
October 3, 2016
Japan’s Ohsumi wins Nobel for studies of cell ‘self-eating’ process
Japanese scientist Yoshinori Ohsumi was awarded this year's Nobel Prize in medicine on Monday for discoveries related to the degrading…
Dolphins communicate with words and sentences: new study
Egypt
September 15, 2016
Dolphins communicate with words and sentences: new study
Two Black Sea bottlenose dolphins have been recorded having a conversation, complete with sentences, much in the way that humans…
Another genetic link to depression found: study
Health & Fitness
August 2, 2016
Another genetic link to depression found: study
Scientists on Monday reported fresh evidence for an inherited risk for depression, uncovering 17 genetic variations which they linked to…
Young Egyptian inventors make final of Google Science fair
Science
July 19, 2016
Young Egyptian inventors make final of Google Science fair
Three young Egyptian women have qualified for the final of the Google Science Fair competition, representing the MENA region with…
Skywatchers can see close, bright Mars looming large this month
Science
May 21, 2016
Skywatchers can see close, bright Mars looming large this month
Mars makes its closest approach to Earth in a decade this month, providing sky-watchers with a celestial show from dusk…
One year after comet touchdown, what’s next for Philae?
Science
November 10, 2015
One year after comet touchdown, what’s next for Philae?
A year ago on Thursday, the world held its collective breath as a European spacecraft dropped a tiny robot lab…