science
MERS, Ebola, bird flu: science’s big missed opportunities
Health & Fitness
October 26, 2015
MERS, Ebola, bird flu: science’s big missed opportunities
Anyone who goes down with flu in Europe this winter could be asked to enroll in a randomized clinical trial…
Presumption stifles science
Opinion
September 22, 2015
Presumption stifles science
I have received many comments on my article about the Faculty of Medicine breeding terrorism, including a letter from Dawoud…
Scientists discover black hole so big it contradicts growth theory
World
February 26, 2015
Scientists discover black hole so big it contradicts growth theory
Scientists say they have discovered a black hole so big that it challenges the theory about how they grow. Scientists said…
Saturn moon may have ‘life-friendly’ underground ocean: scientists
Environment
October 17, 2014
Saturn moon may have ‘life-friendly’ underground ocean: scientists
Saturn’s battered moon Mimas may have a thin global ocean buried miles beneath its icy surface, raising the prospect of…
UNESCO welcomes Egypt’s suggestion to build museum science center in Cairo
Culture
December 5, 2013
UNESCO welcomes Egypt’s suggestion to build museum science center in Cairo
UNESCO has welcomed Egypt’s suggestion to build a museum science center in Cairo under its auspices. Minister of State for Antiquities…
Final Issue: For a new generation of physicists, change was unwelcome
Environment
April 25, 2013
Final Issue: For a new generation of physicists, change was unwelcome
This piece was written for Egypt Independent’s final weekly print edition, which was banned from going to press. We offer you…
Higgs boson: What’s all the fuss about?
Environment
July 31, 2012
Higgs boson: What’s all the fuss about?
What do President Mohamed Morsy’s brain, the Constituent Assembly and Cairo traffic all have in common? None of them, alas,…
Perceptions of Darwin’s theory: Evolution in the Egyptian classroom and beyond
Environment
July 15, 2012
Perceptions of Darwin’s theory: Evolution in the Egyptian classroom and beyond
The theory of evolution is atheism, said Ahmed Shafiq, a 15-year-old schoolboy who happened to share the name of the…
Finding Venus in Giza
Environment
June 6, 2012
Finding Venus in Giza
“It was amazing!” exclaimed Mohamed Rouby after watching a small black dot, the planet Venus, glide slowly across the sun.…