Life on Cloud 9: On Living in a Modern-Day Panopticon
Surely, when Bentham designed the Panopticon, he had a prison in mind – an institutional building for punishment – not a way of life.
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Science and Technology
News, in-depth reporting, commentary and analysis on the latest developments in a wide range of fields in science and technology, such as issues in innovation, health and the environment.
Egypt Tackles Overpopulation as Birth Rate Falls Over Last Three Years
CAPMAS indicated that the total fertility rate, the average number of children born per woman, climbed up in 2014 to almost four births per a thousand women, compared to a total of three births six years ago.
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Egypt Set to Clean Streets by Imposing Garbage Fine
According to the Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS), about 45 percent of Egyptian households dispose their garbage by dumping it onto the street, while 55 percent get rid of it through cleaning companies and garbage collectors.
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Students Petition Against New Mandatory Health Insurance
Some students opposed the insurance for ethical, ideological and religious reasons, alleging that insurance is part of a “scheme” to gain profit that benefits the insurance company more than the students in the end.
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Entrepreneurs’ Society Fishackathon Promotes Marine Life Sustainability
The team came up with IFeed, an application and a website designed to connect suppliers of fish feed to potential farmers, who can buy fish feed through the platform.
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Food for the Future: RISE Launches Economic Empowerment Program
Eight solar-powered chicken incubators were installed in village homes around Fayoum.
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Phase One of Tobacco-Free Campus Campaign Begins Today
Many universities in the US have transitioned toward smoke and tobacco-free campuses in light of increasing health concerns.
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New Cairo Buses Hit the Streets
Apparently, most people still don’t know about this new service, so they think it is just a new public bus for the same price. A public bus that takes the same route as this bus charges EGP 2.5 pounds – just 25 percent of what we were paying.
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AUCians Engage in Dahab Resort Clean-Up
The current solution by the authorities to collect garbage and throw it in the desert has failed as piles of unprocessed garbage find their way with the help of the wind, to the shores of the Canyon – a 10km stretch of shoreline straddled between a range of mountains.
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The Long Fight to Build Egypt’s First Children’s Cancer Hospital
Dr. Sherif Abou el Naga had a dream to cure Egypt’s children of cancer, especially those who could not afford the expenses of such treatment.
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