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Water squabbles

New lease of life

Multiculturalism a vague concept for West

Heat on in solar thermal power project

On the boil

How microbes cope up with variations in temperature

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‘Dhib’ & ‘Nimr’: Can Israel-Palestine’s Negev, Judaean deserts ever revive populations of world’s smallest wolf, leopard?

The last Arabian leopards were sighted in the area in the noughties; the Arabian wolf hangs on tenaciously; but can they be revived if the region …

Planned pollution

`Diseases have become a way of life in Gaza'

Born and raised in a refugee camp in Gaza, Izzeldin Abuelaish is a Palestinian doctor who has worked for reconciliation between Israel and …

Goodbye maples, pines

Climate change may cause some tree species to disappear

UN warns surge of preventable child deaths in Gaza as malnutrition levels spike

1 in 6 children under the age of 2 is acutely malnourished

Desert wine

Grapes grown in Israel's saline region are more aromatic

Gaza Strip shortages now include food, water and electricity

Over US $100 million worth of aid is blocked because of a 10-month delay in Israeli clearance, says a news report quoting UN statement

Breeding insects to eat crop pests

Two fruits that can prevent heart strokes

Cholesterol oxidation that leads to accumulation of lipids in the arterial wall often causes heart attacks

The Dead Sea is sinking

Israel deliberately targeted Gaza's health facilities: Amnesty

Even prior to the July attacks, health services in Gaza had been in steady decline because of Israeli blockade; hospitals were not performing …

Good for health, bad for fertility

Study shows antioxidants reduce ovulation in women

Saliva test

To detect hepatitis C

Caspian tigers may not be extinct

Devilish sea

Aquifers brimming with poison

The bite that wasn't

Research on snake venom and mongooses could lead to more effective anti-venom drugs

Earth-like object may have collided with us to form the Moon

Studies explain why there are stark similarities and subtle difference between compositions of the Moon and Earth