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MERS, Ebola, bird flu: science’s big missed opportunities
Health & Fitness

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Finding Venus in Giza

“It was amazing!” exclaimed Mohamed Rouby after watching a small black dot, the planet Venus, glide slowly across the sun.…
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