Coronavirus for the Good! The Extraordinary Effect of Quarantine on Nature …

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Air in Italy

In Italy, air pollution was also sharply reduced during quarantine. Satellite imagery shows how nitrogen dioxide emissions decreased over Italy from January 1 to March 11, 2020. But the main good news that quarantine has given us is not even that!

How Women Live in Saudi Arabia: Bans and Prejudices

Being a woman in Saudi Arabia is not as easy as it may seem to uninformed people. The thing is that inside their country they have more prohibitions than permits, which greatly affects their life in general and their existence in society. The most interesting thing in this situation is that at the legislative level, no prohibitions have been spelled out and to this day exist as a kind of tribute to traditions. But this, of course, does not free the woman from moral repressions and even physical punishment for the slightest misconduct, up to and including loss of life. The one that can and cannot be women in Saudi Arabia will be discussed in this collection.