This is Beirut 02/06 09:35 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
The fate of coral reefs has been written with a degree of certainty rare in climate science: at 1.5 degrees Celsius of global warming, most are expected to die. This is not a far-off scenario. Scientists predict that the rise of 1.5 Celsius (2.7 Fahrenheit) will be reached within a decade and that beyond that point, many coral simply cannot ...
Bélinda Ibrahim 01/06 18:30 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Every day, the cosmetics industry promises us radiance, firmness, hydration and purity, with a heavy dose of high-tech molecules and luxurious packaging. Yet, more and more scientific studies are pointing to a fundamental truth: skin beauty begins in the gut. American dermatologist Whitney Bowe, in her book The Beauty of Dirty Skin, describes the ...
Makram Haddad 31/05 20:10 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Leila Abou Habib Elsa Yazbek No Tobacco Day
In the bright hall of the Saint Joseph University Hospital, it wasn’t the sound of carts or the hurried footsteps of medical staff that one could hear this Friday, but bursts of voices, laughter and at times, softly whispered confidences. To mark World No Tobacco Day, the establishment had traded the silence of care for the lively buzz of a ...
This is Beirut 30/05 10:40 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Half the global population endured an additional month of extreme heat over the past year because of manmade climate change, a new study found Friday. The findings underscore how the continued burning of fossil fuels is harming health and well-being on every continent, with the effects especially under-recognized in developing countries, the ...
Bélinda Ibrahim 29/05 15:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Smartwatch Dermatitis Diseases Bacteria Hygiene
They’ve become an extension of our bodies. Whether tracking sleep, heart rate, calorie burn, or simply serving as extensions of our messaging apps, smartwatches cling to our wrists day and night. But beneath their seemingly neutral tech surface, they can become insidious vectors of skin imbalances and dangerous pathogens. The threat doesn’t ...
This is Beirut 29/05 09:15 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Internet giants are diving deeper into e-commerce with digital aides that know shoppers' likes, let them virtually try clothes on, hunt for deals and even place orders. The rise of virtual personal shoppers springs from generative artificial intelligence (AI) being put to work in "agents" specializing in specific tasks and given ...
This is Beirut 28/05 10:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
United Nations Europe European Union WMO
The United Nations warned Wednesday there is a 70 percent chance that average warming from 2025 to 2029 will exceed the 1.5 degrees Celsius international benchmark. The planet is therefore expected to remain at historic levels of warming after the two hottest years ever recorded in 2023 and 2024, according to an annual climate report published by ...
Makram Haddad 27/05 20:25 - Reading : 6 minute(s)
TFI No Tobacco Day Elsa Yazbek Ghazi Zaatari WHO
Every year, the World Health Organization (WHO) dedicates the end of May to global awareness of the dangers of tobacco. But in Lebanon, despite Law 174, a committed NGO and decades of warnings, the scourge keeps spreading, especially among the youth. Journalist and President of the Tobacco Free Initiative (TFI) Elsa Yazbek Charabati gave This is ...
This is Beirut 27/05 09:20 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Turkey USA Bread Ancient Recipe
In the early Bronze Age, a piece of bread was buried beneath the threshold of a newly built house in what is today central Turkey. Now, more than 5,000 years later, archaeologists have unearthed it, and helped a local bakery to recreate the recipe -- with customers lining up to buy it. Round and flat like a pancake, 12 centimetres (five inches) ...
Karl Hajj Moussa 25/05 09:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Every summer, a rare spectacle unfolds on the beaches of southern Lebanon, where endangered sea turtles brave many dangers to lay their eggs. Their survival now depends on our commitment, as these silent giants struggle to exist. While beaches in southern Lebanon fill with swimmers and vacationers each summer, another visitor—discreet and ...
This is Beirut 23/05 13:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Europe climate weather Drought Crops
Parts of northern Europe have seen their worst drought in decades in recent weeks, with farmers from Scotland to the Netherlands fearing the dry spell will dent harvests if it continues. Water shortages can stunt the growth of crops such as wheat, corn, rapeseed and barley, Nicolas Guilpart, a lecturer in agronomy at the Agro Paris Tech research ...
Makram Haddad 23/05 09:30 - Reading : 7 minute(s)
Epilepsy Epsilon Karine Abou Khaled Sami Richa Ronald Moussa
There is epilepsy, its seizures, its fears, its stigmas. And then there is Lebanon, its shortages, its hospitals on their knees, its families wandering in pharmaceutical disarray. This Friday, May 23, on the campus of the Faculty of Medicine of USJ, the Epsilon association will hold its tenth Scientific Day, with one motto: “Improve the quality ...