Sep 30, 2010
Young men who shout out phone numbers to passing women in public may soon get the attention of another source: Dubai Police.
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Days 'numbered' for cell phone harassers
Sep 26, 2010
Boorish behavior usually bubbles up during routine commutes in tight corners, and no demographic is beyond reproach under the microscope.
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Survey finds clues to rude behaviour in queues
Sep 25, 2010
Conventional scientific wisdom says that modern man first travelled out of Africa through the Middle East 60,000 years ago, but one Oxford professor says it happened much earlier than that.
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Following Man’s very earliest footsteps through Arabia
Sep 12, 2010
Even before his latest best-seller hit the bookshops, the wheelchair-bound physicist had provoked worldwide debate about the deepest issues in science, philosophy and religion.
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Stephen Hawking's insights are old hat to physicists, so why do they provoke such furious debate?
Aug 29, 2010
A maths trick known as capture-recapture allows researchers to estimate the extent of unobservable phenomena, which can help save endangered species, protect abused children and even chase spies.
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Counting the unseen
Aug 22, 2010
Researching smart power grids will definitely contribute to Abu Dhabi's sustainability goals. It is an important piece of the renewable energy puzzle, one that we are proud to be working on.
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Masdar's plan for smart power
Aug 15, 2010
Google computers running billions of possible solutions to the popular brain teaser have found that any configuration can be solved in only 20 moves.
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The magic Rubik's number revealed
Aug 15, 2010
Anyone who regularly reads research papers and the resulting media stories soon uncovers a shocking fact: that the journalists generally get the basic facts right. The concern often lies with the studies themselves.
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When a heart attack is not for real
Aug 8, 2010
Scientists see a future where our fuels can be made from bacteria, yeast and algae.
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The refinery in your gut
Aug 1, 2010
Scientists used to scoff at the idea that planets could wander free from a fixed orbit. Now they have learnt more, and nobody is laughing.
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When - and if - planets collide
