Environment

Why are 70-95 per cent of the human species right-handed? After all, we know of no other placental mammal that prefers one side of the body so consistently – not even ...

An out-of-ordinary concert is arriving at Rialto Theatre featuring a musical dialogue between Quintus Ensemble and ChamberFusion Quintet, who will present Cypriot Music Revisited – as the evening is called. The ...

An island wide clean-up campaign was launched by Agriculture Minister Costas Kadis in Anavargos village in Paphos on Friday. The campaign, “See it clearly,” is organised by the ministry in ...

Thousands of Australian students skipped school on Friday and gathered with climate activists to call on the government to stop funding the gas industry, taking aim at Prime Minister Scott ...

Making summer plans feels slightly more possible right now, even though things are still up in the air and anything could change in a minute. Nonetheless, with restrictions lifting and ...

The Technopolis 20 Classics, a classical music concert series, organised by Technopolis 20 and a private sponsor, is holding its last concert of spring at Markideio Theatre this month. Titled Classical Romanticism, ...

The European Parliament on Thursday voted for changes to European Union law that would give the public more scope to challenge legally any EU decisions and laws that adversely affect ...

Within the framework of the two exhibitions currently on at KunstRaumGoethe – Interlaced – Verflochten zwischen Schichten by Dagmar Glausnitzer-Smith and Marion Jungeblut and acrobat above the dome by photographer Stelios Kallinikou – ...

Today we face the daunting challenge of feeding nearly eight billion people, and that number will increase in the short-term, being projected to peak in 2064 at around 9.7 billion people. Yet ...

Visual Voices is hosting an online discussion on June 3 that will explore the theme of contemporary interpretations of European identity and the local social and cultural memory of Cyprus. The ...

A new exhibition by well-known Cypriot painter George Kotsonis will open on Friday at Nicosia’s Gloria Gallery. As an established artist, Kotsonis has taken part in many solo and ...

In this ‘Quanta Magazine’ video, we learn how scientists are using the current eruptions in Iceland to understand the possible history of life on Mars. After months of increasingly intense ...

The British colonialists blamed roaming, chomping goats for the treeless state of the island and penned them in. How wrong they were By Martin Hellicar I looked up the etymology ...

When the pandemic hit, mother of three and freelance art collector Sanaz Nazemi Agha found an opportunity to turn her love and knowledge of art into a space that would ...

In the lead up to the parliamentary elections on May 30, the Cyprus Mail has asked the main political parties for their policies on a wide range of green issues. This ...

Air France-KLM flew a biofuel-powered Airbus A350 from Paris to Montreal on Tuesday, demonstrating the airline’s readiness to adopt low-emissions fuel despite deep industry divisions over the pace of ...

“The voices of young people calling for change and peace in Cyprus are often ignored or suppressed,” say the organisers of an upcoming online event that hopes to inform audiences ...

By Megan Rowling Production of single-use plastics is set to grow 30 per cent in the next five years, fuelling their contribution to global warming and ocean pollution, researchers said on ...

A €1.2m base for firefighting aircraft was inaugurated in Mammari in the Nicosia district on Tuesday by Agriculture Minister Costas Kadis, who pledged the government’s commitment to support efforts ...

In the context of the annual Project Room programme, NiMAC presents the exhibition The Day Begins at Night by artist Lefteris Tapas this month. Through Project Room, the Centre invites ...

Technology around space travel is accelerating at a rapid pace and, as a result, we may soon see a future where one doesn’t need to be an astronaut to ...

The Centre of Visual Arts and Research (CVAR) is returning to normality with a series of events and initiatives. Within this framework and on the occasion of the International Museum ...

The Cyprus Symphony Orchestra returns to Rialto Theatre on Thursday, having now the opportunity to welcome an increased number of audience members. Conducted by the renowned German maestro Wolfram Christ, ...

In this video, we take a deep dive into the intelligence of a land animal famed for its memory: the elephant. The saying, ‘elephants never forget’ is so ingrained in ...