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The anguished expression on the face of a 3,500-year-old mummy in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo was probably caused by a painful death, rather than a botched preparation of her body for the afterlife, a study in Frontiers in Medicine has found. 🔗go.nature.com/4grWsSL #NatureME

🛰 A study in Nature Communications has shown the efficiency of using satellite images coupled with supercomputers and advanced search algorithms to routinely detect and monitor, from space, floating marine debris. Read more: go.nature.com/3X42C3Q #NatureME

🧬️ Gene exchange between the bird flu variant in Egypt gave rise to a new fatal strain that evolved in Europe and spread through wild birds across the world. For more👇🔗 go.nature.com/3IoOGJv #NatureME

🌍 A new fellowship to enrich the training of a journalist from #Africa or the Middle East. 🥇 In honor of Mohamed Yehia's remarkable contributions to science journalism in Africa and MENA, @SpringerNature and @KSJatMIT created this fellowship to help reporters and editors from…

📢 A study highlighted a simple new system to harvest water from the atmosphere could help Arab countries most affected by water stress. 👇🔗 go.nature.com/3OJIWNV

🔎 A group of researchers examined human remains from Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, Palestine, and Turkey for bone injuries to know more about the patterns of human violence between 12,000 BC and 400 BC. Read more about the violence in pre-history👇 go.nature.com/42a7rJS

📢 According to UN guidelines, each household has a right to access 50 to 100 liters of water, at a reasonable price, for personal and domestic use. In Jordan, the annual per capita share is less than 40 liters. Read more 👇 go.nature.com/4aPqiNW #Nature #Water

💻 Green FinTech is the adoption of green finance practices that encourage investment in companies and programs that benefit the environment and promote sustainability. 💵 A study highlights the potential of green FinTech to promote sustainability. 👇🔗 go.nature.com/46VFlDo

👉 A study highlights the huge discrepancy between Africa’s share in the global burden of cardiovascular diseases and its meagre share of clinical trials in cardiology. Read more 👇 go.nature.com/3LyqhD7

💀 A team of researchers used 3,539 sets of skeletal remains from the Middle East to reconstruct the early patterns of human violence ⚔️. What do researchers know about violence patterns in pre-history in the Middle East?! Find the answer 👇 go.nature.com/3sLgJOW #Nature

🌍أحرز علماء الزلازل أخيرًا تقدمًا في مجال استخدام تقنيات تعلُم الآلة لتعزيز دقة التنبؤات بالزلازل. 📄 إذ أفادت ثلاث ورقات بحثية بابتكار نماذج تعلم عميق من نماذج تعلُم الآلة، تتفوق في أدائها على أحدث النماذج التقليدية للتنبؤ بالزلازل. للمزيد 👇 go.nature.com/3sTbg8N #نيتشر

🤖 AI outperforms students in exams, as educators try to combat plagiarism, study finds. 💻 A Scientific Reports paper, by researchers from New York University Abu Dhabi in the UAE, delves into ChatGPT’s implications for education. Read more 👇 go.nature.com/3RP6cMT #NatureME

📱 #Nomophobia, an excessive attachment to mobile phones, has reached fever pitch among university students across the Middle East, according to a new study. Read more: go.nature.com/3SuhypR #Nature #NatureME

💵 Financial technology (#FinTech) has helped drive the transition towards renewable energies, a statistical analysis of the top FinTech economies has found. 💻 This highlights the important role that FinTech can play in realizing the #SDGs. 👇 go.nature.com/46VFlDo #NatureME

🔶 Understanding the #obesity epidemic: A recent systematic review has revealed that despite a great deal of scientific discovery, there are still many questions about the molecular mechanisms leading to obesity. Read more 👇 go.nature.com/3QCPejG #NatureME