All of us may heard about the Large Hadron Collider, the big tunnel machine at CERN (European Organization for Nuclear Research) and its detectors like…
The search for other ‘earths’ heats up
If we do find even primitive life in one of our neighbouring star-planet systems, then the Milky Way must statistically be full of life — some of it probably quite advanced elsewhere
UAE to send first Arab spaceship to Mars by 2021
New space agency created with target of journeying to Red Planet
Use astronomy to determine start of Ramadan: scholars
Astronomical calculations have determined accurately when it starts every year since 1993
Looking back on the Golden Age of Muslim Science
With Syria in an almost apocalyptic state of civil war at the moment, it’s hard to remember that Damascus was once one of the great…
Medical Education in Islamic Civilization
The practice of medicine was considered a noble profession by Muslims…
Graduating into a new digital world
With a surfeit of information available at our fingertips through the internet, it is necessary to raise the alarm for youngsters to be very careful about how they use material that can easily be obtained online
The Muslim world’s challenges
FOR about a thousand years, roughly from the 7th century onwards, the people under Islamic rule made striking advances in their material and intellectual culture.
Science and the Islamic World
The Golden Age of Islam came to a halt in the thirteenth century with the Mongol invasion of much of Asia and Middle East. Since then, the lands…
Don’t pass on your maths phobia
Becoming comfortable with simple mathematics early in one’s childhood is more strongly correlated with later academic success than reading skills Last month, a study was…
MIGHT, Muslim-Science.Com launch task force on Science teaching
The Malaysian Industry-Government Group for High Technology (MIGHT) and the American University of Sharjah today launched the Muslim-Science.Com’s Task Force on Teaching of Science in…
American University of Sharjah explores ‘Science Renaissance’
American University of Sharjah (AUS) held a high-impact seminar entitled Steps for an Arab Astronomy Renaissance at its campus on May 14. The event, which…