Alissar Boulos 2024-03-30 13:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
On Sunday, March 31st, just before dawn, most of the planet will set its clocks forward by one hour in what is known as daylight saving time (DST). However, another issue has sprung forward, with climate change affecting Earth’s rotation and with it, timekeeping. Weirdly, global warming could be helping to delay history’s first “negative ...
Chelsea Al Arif 2024-03-27 12:08 - Reading : less than a minute
Facing a crossroads: Will TikTok survive in the US? The House of Representatives passes a bill to potentially ban the app over national security concerns, pushing for its sale within 6 months. But the Senate's next move is uncertain. Where do you stand on the TikTok ban?
Chelsea Al Arif 2024-03-26 12:00 - Reading : less than a minute
Mobile World Congress (MWC) Barcelona, held annually in February, is a key event for the connectivity ecosystem, attracting global mobile operators, device manufacturers and tech enthusiasts. Tens of thousands of executives from top companies and governments gather to discuss advancements and trends in technology. Here are three innovative ...
This Is Beirut 2024-03-22 11:58 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
US surgeons at Massachusetts General Hospital announced that they had conducted the first successful transplantation of a genetically modified pig kidney into a living patient on Thursday. US surgeons have successfully transplanted a genetically modified pig kidney into a living patient for the first time, the hospital said on Thursday, a ...
This Is Beirut 2024-03-19 16:50 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Global heat records were "smashed" last year, the UN confirmed on Tuesday, with 2023 rounding out the hottest decade on record, as heatwaves stalked oceans and glaciers suffered record ice loss. The United Nations' World Meteorological Organization issued on Tuesday its annual State of the Climate report, confirming preliminary data indicating ...
Alain E. Andrea 2024-03-09 18:51 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
An observational study involving over 99 million vaccinated persons reveals that most adverse effects conform with theoretical risks. It also highlights certain increased risks depending on the type of vaccine. Since March 2020, when the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the COVID-19 outbreak a pandemic, over 13.5 billion vaccine doses ...
This Is Beirut 2024-03-07 11:19 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Global temperature records for the past nine months are expected to persist for a few more weeks. But the potential rapid return of the 'La Niña' weather phenomenon "could reduce the risk" of 2024 beating 2023's absolute heat record, according to specialists. The rapid return of the La Niña weather phenomenon "may actually decrease" the risk ...
This Is Beirut 2024-02-26 22:54 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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A lunar lander from the United States, which toppled over during its touchdown, has transmitted its initial images from the southernmost point ever reached by any craft on the Moon. An American lunar lander that tipped over during touchdown has sent back its first images from the farthest south any vessel has ever landed on the Moon. The ...
This Is Beirut 2024-02-23 11:59 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
Nova-C successfully landed on the Moon on Friday, February 23. This latest lunar landing does not only mark the American comeback to the Moon, but also the first to be carried out by a private company. For the first time since the Apollo era, an American spaceship landed on the Moon: an uncrewed commercial robot, funded by NASA to pave the way ...
2024-02-12 19:36 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Albatrosses, turtles, or sturgeons: the plight of migratory species, vital for nature’s balance, is deteriorating, warns a groundbreaking report published on Monday under the auspices of the UN and reported by AFP. "Migratory species are being severely impacted," denounced the head of UN Environment, Inger Andersen. Among the species listed by ...
Dima Karam 2024-02-04 18:27 - Reading : 11 minute(s)
More than a dozen of them are reported every week, strewn inert across Lebanon's coastal highways. Stockier than foxes, slimmer than wolves, so many golden jackals cross fast ways, eking their way down from the hills, hunting for food close to towns. Spotting them lifeless on roadsides, north and south of Beirut, has become a regular sight. For ...
This Is Beirut 2024-02-01 16:03 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Twenty million new cases by 2022, nearly 10 million deaths... The data published by the World Health Organization (WHO) point to a widespread increase in the number of cancer cases worldwide. The number of new cancer cases will rise to more than 35 million in 2050 -- 77 percent higher than the figure in 2022, the World Health Organization's ...