Environment

An upcoming online event this weekend celebrates Valentine’s Day by inviting couples for downward dogs, child poses and stretches. Yoga instructors Skevi Chrysou Tofaridou and Vicky Christou are putting ...

The monarch butterfly migration is one of nature’s greatest events. This orange-winged wonder travels up to 4,500 km from all over North America to spend the winter hanging from oyamel ...

Youth organisation the Bicommunal Network of Cypriot Youth is hosting an online talk on Saturday with foreign policy expert at the Australian federal government Dr Stephanie Jacobs, discussing ‘Cypriots down ...

In the uncertain conditions that have prevailed Rialto Theatre’s cultural agenda will see performances either online via live stream or in the physical presence of audiences at theatre or ...

How do foxes know where to pounce when they can’t see their prey? There’s evidence to suggest they’re using the Earth’s magnetic field to help… View ...

From Cyprus to Singapore, Vienna to California, over 35 creatives have joined together from seven different time zones to rehearse and record an opera for the lockdown generation. With theatres shut, ...

Tornadoes are amongst the most destructive natural disasters in the world. No country on earth is immune to them, and some are more formidable than others. Tornadoes occur every year, ...

Ho Chi Minh City or Saigon is sinking at a rate of 1-2cm every year as sea levels rise. According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), parts ...

If you grew up in Cyprus, one particular figure comes to mind when thinking about shadow theatre: Karagiozis. His antics have been entertaining us for decades with songs and tales ...

New York’s iconic Empire State Building, which has towered over Midtown Manhattan since the early Thirties, is set to be powered completely by renewable energy. Empire State Realty Trust (...

Theatres and museums are able to open as of Monday as details of what will be staged remain unclear the idea of being in a theatre chair seems slightly closer ...

If you live in a country that sees heavy winters and is a habitat for moose, you may have noticed these mighty animals licking stationary cars. Why on earth would ...

You’ve heard of yoga, meditation and chakras but have you heard of QiGong? It is an ancient, traditional exercise originating from China to maintain health and fitness, working from ...

The words ‘risk’ and ‘crisis’ sound all too familiar now, even to non-business or finance people. An upcoming online event by Hellenic Bank in association with Global Training and the ...

How and why does botanical carnivory – the eating of meat – keep evolving? It turns out that when any of the basic things that most plants need aren’t there… some ...

Do you even remember the last time you went to the theatre or an exhibition? It has probably been a while as cultural institutions have been shut for most of ...

The annual event that celebrates short films will return as the International Short Film Festival of Cyprus (ISFFC) is getting ready for its 11th edition in October. Organisers, the ministry ...

NASA and SpaceX, two very different companies, have come head to head in recent years, but what does this mean for the future of space travel? And more importantly, are ...

It’s what the A.G. Leventis Gallery always aims to do, engage people with art, and they have continued on the journey since even during lockdown. On February 8 museums ...

A new call for applications has been launched for artists and creatives that looks at the struggles and opportunities industry professionals face. Voices of Culture is the structured dialogue between ...

A group of students in Limassol have undertaken to organise a TEDx event on Saturday called TEDxYouth@AgiouAndreou. TED is an organisation that arranges events of back-to-back speakers, each talking ...

Mexico City was built on an ancient lake and gets more rain than London… and yet it’s running out of water. For millions of its poorest residents, getting enough ...

Rhythm, tempo, emotion, passion, all wonderful things produced by music and even more so when you are involved in it somehow. Wanting to bring the delightful world of music closer ...

With intense wildfires and deforestation rapidly increasing, fewer trees are available to absorb carbon dioxide, which cleans the air and reduces the harmful effects of CO2. Some scientists believe genetically-modified ...