morearticles - oman observer

Wednesday, August 26, 2026 | Rabi' al-awwal 12, 1448 H
broken clouds
weather
OMAN
26°C / 26°C
EDITOR IN CHIEF- ABDULLAH BIN SALIM AL SHUEILI
Science

Is motion sickness preventable?

 I often feel carsick while traveling. What are the best ways to prevent or treat motion sickness? A. Historically associated with sailors reacting to the pitch, roll and yaw of ships, motion sickness now affects...

No Image

Nobel prize for medicine goes to U.S. duo for discovery of microRNA

No Image

Is it safe to exercise when you’re sick?

How to know when its best to refrain from exercise and when its safe to return to your normal activities.

The food of space travel could be based on rocks

A tray containing a sample from the asteroid Bennu. (Erika Blumenfeld & Joseph Aebers/JSC/NASA via The New York Times)

The world’s oldest termite mound is 34,000 years and counting

Termite mounds dot the landscape of Namaqualand in western South Africa. Locals call them heuweltjies, which means little hills in Afrikaans. (Alistair Potts via The New York Times)

This cheese stood alone for 3,600 years

A dairy sample was found on the person of a mummy buried in the Tarim Basin of northwestern China.

The sun will destroy the earth one day, Right? maybe not

A conceptual illustration of a rocky planet orbiting a white dwarf star.

The truth about tuna

An illustrative image of cans of tuna, in New York, Sept. 22, 2024. (Bobbi Lin/The New York Times)

How healthy are apples?

Apples with honey and crushed walnuts. Props styled by Kalen Kaminski. (Michael Graydon & Nikole Herriott/The New York Times)

Power couple's ongoing battle

Professors Salim Abdool Karim and his wife Quarraisha Abdool Karim pose at the Centre for the Aids Programme of Research in South Africa (CAPRISA) in Durban

Nuking a huge asteroid could save Earth, suggests lab experiment

A big asteroid could threaten life on Earth

What to know about Mercury in dental fillings

When the European Union adopted a ban on dental amalgam fillings earlier this year, its aim was to eliminate one of the last remaining intentional uses of mercury in Europe. (Giacomo Bagnara/The New York Times)

Who’s the Dodo Now? A famously extinct bird, reconsidered

The only known flesh and bone specimen remaining of the dodo, on display at Oxford University.

Oman to witness supermoon on Wednesday

No Image

6 Mistakes New Runners Make

A jogger in New York

The best time to get a flu shot

A flu shot is given
MOST READ
1,203MW of early power capacity is scheduled to become available in Q1 2028, with the full plant expected to achieve commercial operation by 2029.
South Korea's Doosan wins major EPC contract for Misfah power project ROP warns buyers of risks from imported vehicles HM pardons 459 prisoners on Prophet’s Birthday Oman sees major increase in prices of vegetables, fruits
podcast
FOLLOW US
READ THE EPAPER
Newspaper
arrow up
home icon