As the FIFA World Cup 2026 shows, identity, belonging, and tension combine to make football fandom unlike any other sport. So, what is going on in fans' brains?
The official World Cup ball showcases the latest advances in football technology, but new research questions whether future designs should prioritise brain safety as well as performance
A dietary regimen propagated by a doctor in Egypt has spread like wildfire across the Arab world, but blind adherence has proved deadly for some patients. Al Majalla explains.
From 3D players to data-transmitting balls, the sport's biggest tournament is awash with technology to help with everything from offside decisions to viewer angles, but does this come at a cost?
China's J-35 is more than a new stealth fighter. It represents Beijing's attempt to challenge the global dominance of the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II.
A US envoy wants the institutions of western Libya to accommodate the son of an eastern warlord as Libyan president. Is this another doomed effort to unite the feuding factions, or could it work?
A forgotten lecture by the renowned Italian writer at the University of Bologna in 2008 traced the history of hatred through language, myth, and imagination, all of which still apply today