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Beyond Magazine Issue 22 Winter 2017

Boom Baby Boom It’s a small world, literally

Words Tamara Batshon Over the last one hundred and fifty years, humans have drastically altered the natural environment through industrialization, intensive farming, rapid urbanization, and...

Goodbye darkness, my old friend A community project that’s light years ahead

Words May M. El Ali Global warming has become one of the main challenges that are faced by the world today. Climate change has been...

Disappearing Act America’s great scene stealers are at risk

Words Tamara Batshon When we think of national parks, we imagine wide-open spaces, lush forests, an abundance of wildlife, and snow-capped mountains safely protected from...

Feeling as right as rain Farms report being showered with benefits

Words John Gray Mohammad Tayy, Farid Abou Merhim, and Souhail Awad had always used water pumped from artesian wells to irrigate their farms in Lebanon....

Watch out! Unmissable monuments around the world

Words Varouj Tenbelian Traveling is always associated with the pleasure of discovering new places as well as the excitement of scanning cities, especially when it...

It’s Getting Hot in Here So let’s talk about sex

Words Bassam Alkantar Climate-warming temperatures might be expected to affect the sex ratio of species if sex determination is temperature-dependent. Several studies show that indirect...