Wishing upon a star … The search for fusion energy heats up
Words Alia Fawaz
Meeting the world's energy demands is one of the major challenges of our time. Our overdependence on fossil fuels to meet our...
We need to keep our oceans clean
The toxic truth of our waste
Words Alia Fawaz
Midway Atoll is a deserted paradise in the Pacific Ocean approximately halfway between California and East Asia,...
When will we be free?
Lebanon has had to bear the brunt of the devastating impact of landmines and cluster munitions over decades of war . Beyond the immediate...
Lebanon, it’s time to heal: The push for post-war reconciliation
Words Alia Fawaz
While many Lebanese still have unresolved issues from their war-torn past, they are also dealing with on-going sectarian rifts, a presidential vacuum,...
Plants I.Q.
Words Alia Fawaz
Plants dominate every terrestrial environment, composing ninety-nine per cent of the biomass on earth. By comparison, humans and all the other animals...
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...