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How the Middle East Became Specialty Coffee's Next Big Market

Dubai and Riyadh are hosting barista championships and single-origin tastings as third-wave coffee culture reshapes a region long defined by cardamom-spiced brews.

May 5, 2025

The AI Cloud Is Splitting Into Specialized Machines

Microsoft's new AMD systems and Google's surging cloud backlog show why AI infrastructure is moving beyond a one-chip, one-workload model.

Jul 31, 2026

AI Development's Biggest Trend Is the System Around the Model

Loops, specifications, tool permissions, traces and evaluation are becoming the competitive layer as coding models grow more capable and more available.

Jul 28, 2026

Big 5 Global Is Where Next Year's Buildings Get Specified

Twenty-seven hundred exhibitors at the Dubai World Trade Centre from 23 November, and three co-located shows that have quietly turned a construction fair into an urban development event.

Aug 14, 2026

The American Alligator Recovered Forty Years Ago and Is Still Listed as Threatened, Because It Looks Like a Crocodile

In 1987 the alligator no longer qualified for protection on its own merits, so it was kept on the list for resembling species that did. A Florida congressman now wants that provision studied, after a woman was killed in June.

Sep 6, 2026

A Black Flower That Lives Underground and Eats Fungi Has Been Found on a Thai Hillside, and There Are Fewer Than Fifty

Thismia daemona has no leaves, no chlorophyll and no need for sunlight. It surfaces only to flower, black with horn-like appendages and two orange patches that look like eyes, in an area smaller than a football pitch.

Sep 6, 2026

AI Is Not Just Speeding Up Jobs. It Is Redrawing Their Boundaries

New usage research finds workers using AI for tasks once associated with other professions, especially where specialist help is scarce.

Jul 31, 2026

Manta Rays and Whale Sharks: The Encounters and the Etiquette

The Indian Ocean hosts some of diving's biggest animal encounters. The rules for approaching them properly matter more than most divers realise.

Sep 12, 2025

Sharks and Divers: What the Data Says Versus the Reputation

Shark bites made headlines again in 2025. The numbers behind those headlines tell a very different story for the people actually diving with sharks.

Mar 5, 2026

Microsoft's Project Perception Turns Cybersecurity Into a Team of AI Agents

Microsoft is building specialized red, blue and green AI agents for security work, raising the promise of faster defense and the need for tighter control.

Jul 31, 2026

Saudi Small Businesses Are the Quiet Force Behind Vision 2030

The Kingdom’s transformation becomes durable when independent firms turn national investment into local services, specialist knowledge and lasting jobs.

Jul 28, 2026

The Open Water Certification: What It Does and Does Not Qualify You For

An Open Water card opens the door to diving worldwide, but it is a narrower licence than most new divers assume. Here is exactly what it covers.

Sep 9, 2025

Al Wisam and 3S Industry Bring Vertical Access to UAE, Oman

Al Wisam becomes 3S Industry’s construction representative for the UAE and Oman, pairing specialist access equipment with regional support.

Jul 23, 2026

Wreck Diving: Where Swim-Through Ends and Penetration Begins

A sunken ship draws every diver's curiosity, but the line between a safe swim-through and a genuine penetration dive is stricter than it looks.

Jun 25, 2025

Kuwait's 5G-Advanced Roadmap Looks Beyond Faster Phone Downloads

Kuwait's telecom regulator is linking 5G-Advanced, AI, cloud services and local skills in a new digital transformation framework.

Jul 29, 2026

Strength Training for Longevity: Muscle as an Organ of Healthspan

New mortality data pinpoints how much weekly strength training lowers death risk, and shows more is not always better.

Apr 10, 2025

A Personalized Gene Therapy Helped Two Boys With Severe Epilepsy

Two individualized antisense treatments reduced the effects of a rare SCN2A disorder. The results are hopeful, but they come from two carefully monitored patients, not a broad trial.

Aug 1, 2026

Exercise as Treatment: What Trials Show for Depression and Anxiety

Meta-analyses now put exercise's effect on depression in the same range as antidepressant trials, with real implications for regions like the Gulf.

Apr 14, 2026

Zone 2 Cardio Versus VO2 Max: Sorting the Training Trend From the Evidence

VO2 max strongly predicts longevity, but the evidence that slow, low-intensity Zone 2 training is the best way to raise it is weaker than the trend suggests.

Jan 15, 2025

Bats Carry Viruses That Should Kill Them, and Science Just Found Another Piece of the Answer

More than 500 species of vesper bat turn out to carry two separate sets of antibody heavy chain genes, where every other known mammal has one. The researchers are careful to say this does not fully explain why bats tolerate viruses.

Sep 4, 2026

Thirty Eight States Now Let You Build a Tall Building Out of Wood, and the Fire Argument Went the Other Way

Mass timber spent a decade as an architectural curiosity because codes did not have a category for it. Three new construction types changed that, and the fire testing that was supposed to kill the idea is what made the case.

Aug 18, 2026

GLP-1 Drugs Are Becoming More Than Weight Loss Medicine

Tirzepatide just earned an approval that has nothing to do with the scale. Here is what SELECT, FLOW and the new sleep apnea data show.

Jan 8, 2025

Most of the Value of a Trade Show Happens in the Fortnight After It

Firms spend heavily on stands and almost nothing on follow-up, then conclude that exhibitions do not work. The floor is the cheap part of the exercise and the least important.

Aug 14, 2026

Designing From an Archive Is Harder Than Designing From a Mood Board

A twenty-three piece collection drawn from research into the Barbican's original interiors arrives this month. Working from a real archive imposes constraints that a reference image never does.

Aug 17, 2026

Food Allergy Treatment Exists Now. It Is Not a Cure.

Oral immunotherapy raises the dose a patient can tolerate before a reaction starts. That protects against accidents, which is not the same as being able to eat the food.

Jul 29, 2026

Qatar Charity's New Somalia Health Plan Turns Donations Into 48 Projects

A new 2026-2027 plan targets malnutrition, preventable blindness, heart care and essential treatment for nearly 50,000 people in Somalia.

Jul 29, 2026

SSI: The Dive Centre Is the Unit, Not the Instructor

Scuba Schools International built its model around the store rather than the individual teacher, gave its digital learning away, and quietly became the main alternative to PADI in most of the world.

Aug 12, 2026

The Arab Medical Influencer Economy That Made Him Possible

One doctor outdrew every health ministry in the region using a phone and a food list. The conditions that allowed it are structural, and they have not changed since he died.

Jul 18, 2026

Cement Is Around Seven Per Cent of Global Emissions and the Most Promising Fix Needs No New Factory

LC3 replaces part of the clinker in cement with calcined clay and limestone, cutting emissions by up to forty per cent. Around thirty five plants were producing calcined clay for cement by 2026, with more building.

Aug 20, 2026

The Rest of the World Has Started Wearing Perfume the Way the Gulf Always Has

Higher concentrations, heavier notes, oud at the centre and fragrance treated as something you layer rather than spray. The global market has moved toward a regional habit, and Middle Eastern houses are no longer the niche option.

Aug 21, 2026

Nutrition

How Much Protein People Actually Need, By the Evidence

The official protein RDA has stood since the 1970s. New research on aging and muscle loss suggests it may be far too low for a meaningful share of older adults.

Jul 8, 2025

Fish Farm Diving Keeps Killing Divers. The Reasons Are Boringly Consistent

Malta, Chile, Norway, Scotland. Different species and different regulators, the same short list of causes: entanglement, working alone, depth creep, and a job nobody classified as commercial diving.

Aug 12, 2026

Nutrition

Fibre Is the Nutrient Almost Everyone Under-Eats, and Here Is What It Does

Most adults eat about half the fibre they need. The gap matters more than dieters realise, and closing it is not about bran.

May 22, 2024

Nutrition

Salt and Blood Pressure: The Evidence, and the Gulf's Convenience-Food Problem

WHO sets a 5 gram salt ceiling; the Gulf's average intake runs far above it, driven largely by bread and processed food.

Jan 16, 2025

PRIMA’s Retinal Implant Wins Approval to Restore Vision

A tiny implant paired with camera glasses can return useful central vision to some people with advanced macular degeneration, and Europe has cleared its sale.

Jul 23, 2026

Sustainable Materials Are Reshaping Product Design

Mycelium leather, recycled composite decking, and bio-based textiles are moving from laboratory experiments to actual products. Here's what's actually working.

May 22, 2025

Why AI Watermarking Was Introduced, and What It Means for Everyone Downstream

Watermarking became a legal duty in the EU on 2 August 2026, with fines up to 15 million euros. The reasons are specific: elections, fraud, non-consensual imagery, evidence, and a problem the models are causing themselves.

Aug 13, 2026

Saudi Arabia’s Creative Economy Is Building Cultural Confidence

Film, design, music, museums and heritage are creating more than entertainment; they are giving Saudi talent new careers and audiences new ways to connect.

Jul 28, 2026

Al Wisam Looks Ahead to Big 5 Global 2026 in Dubai

Big 5 Global returns to Dubai from November 23 to 26, giving Al Wisam a major stage for equipment, technical advice and regional partnerships.

Jul 20, 2026

Lifestyle

Forest Bathing Has Real Data and One Awkward Finding About Anticipation

Shinrin-yoku has produced a body of research showing reduced cortisol and blood pressure after time among trees. It has also produced evidence that expecting to go may lower cortisol by itself, which complicates the story usefully.

Sep 4, 2026

Compounded and Counterfeit Semaglutide: What the FDA Is Warning About

Shortages pushed patients toward compounded semaglutide. The FDA's latest alert shows why that workaround carries real risk.

Aug 5, 2024

Mental Health During War: What Helps When the Threat Is Not Over

Fear, disrupted sleep, grief and irritability are common during conflict. Evidence-based support begins with safety and practical care, while recognizing when professional help is urgent.

Jul 25, 2026

Ebola Travel Guidance Returns to the Departure Checklist

Updated traveler attention around Ebola-affected areas underscores a basic rule: monitor official advice, know the symptoms and seek help without stigmatizing whole countries.

Jul 24, 2026

How Claude Fable 5 Got Pulled, Then Came Back Three Weeks Later

A jailbreak report and a same-day export order took Claude Fable 5 offline for weeks, testing how fast a frontier AI company can lose and regain access.

Jul 1, 2026

Fashion

Scandi Denim Is Going Global Without Losing Its Restraint

Jeanerica's international growth shows why Scandinavian denim is resonating: familiar fits, controlled branding and clothes designed to repeat.

Jul 28, 2026

Five US Agencies Say AI Is Writing the Exploit Code Being Aimed at Water Utilities

A joint advisory describes AI-generated attack scripts disguised as legitimate monitoring tools, pointed at industrial controllers in water, energy and manufacturing. The honest version is narrower than the headlines and more worrying than the reassurance.

Aug 22, 2026

A Crocodile Keeper in Port Moresby Was Held in the Water for an Hour, and Died the Next Morning

A handler at Adventure Park in Papua New Guinea was seized at feeding time on Saturday and died at 7am on Sunday. Witnesses say his legs were in the animal's jaws for about an hour before help arrived.

Sep 6, 2026

The Pistachio Economy Dubai Chocolate Built (and Broke)

One viral chocolate bar turned pistachios into the food world's hottest commodity, and the ripple effects have reached lattes, croissants, and ice cream.

May 14, 2025

Why Gulf Diners Are Eating Differently This Year

Boycotts, tighter budgets and a longer war are reshaping where GCC consumers eat, and Western fast food chains are the ones feeling it hardest.

Sep 10, 2024

Lifestyle

Soft Existence Wants Your Pantry to Look This Good

A new Dubai home goods label turns kitchen storage and candles into display-worthy objects, betting that everyday clutter deserves better design.

Jun 24, 2026

Watching From Abroad: When the War Is at Home and You Are Not

For much of the Gulf's working population, the conflict is somewhere their family lives and they do not. The particular difficulty of that position is helplessness, and there are things that genuinely help with it.

Aug 13, 2026

Diving the Maldives: Atolls, Channels and the Seasons That Matter

The Maldives is not one dive destination but hundreds of atolls with different currents. Here is how the calendar actually decides what you see.

Aug 9, 2024

Gulf Builders Keep Awarding Work While the Risk Premium Rises

Shipping, insurance and construction costs are all higher because of the Iran conflict. Saudi Arabia and the UAE are pressing ahead with project awards anyway, and the reasoning is deliberate.

Aug 4, 2026

Maldives Moves to Regulate Technical Diving After Cave Deaths

After six divers died in a Vaavu Atoll cave, the Maldives is drafting new rules to permit and regulate technical diving in the country for the first time in its history.

May 28, 2026

Rebreathers: Why Divers Love Them, and What They Demand

A rebreather trades noisy bubbles for silent, efficient diving, but it also trades forgiveness for discipline. Here is what changes underwater.

Apr 15, 2025

Saudi Arabia's Red Sea Opens Up: What Dive Tourism Actually Offers

New resorts, new dive licences and a scaled-back masterplan. Here is the real state of Saudi Arabia's Red Sea diving push, not the pitch deck version.

Feb 10, 2026

Why Al Wisam Treats After-Sales Support as Equipment

Al Wisam’s service model puts spare parts, maintenance, repairs and operator training into the same conversation as machinery procurement.

Jan 15, 2026

Nitrogen Narcosis: What Depth Does to a Diver's Judgment

Nitrogen narcosis dulls judgment before a diver notices anything is wrong. Here is why depth impairs decision making, and why self-diagnosis often fails.

May 22, 2024