How shipping can contribute to a more sustainable future for all is the focus of World Maritime Day, celebrated on Thursday. Read the full...
Gas flares are leaking five times as much methane than previously thought
In many oil and gas producing regions, flames light the sky. The flares burn off 98 percent of the escaping natural gas, oil and...
Nepal Government, UN Agency Seek Investors for Latest Cash Crop to Boom in Countrys East
SALAKPUR, Nepal, Sep 29 (IPS) – Two and a half hours’ drive north from Kakarbhitta, Nepal’s eastern-most border crossing with giant neighbour India, lies...
How to get a crying baby to sleep, according to science
It’s a frustration many parents know all too well: You’ve finally lulled your crying baby to sleep, so you put them down in their...
Tina Lasisi wants to untangle the evolution of human hair
Though humans’ nearly hairless bodies stick out like a cowlick among other primates, our nakedness isn’t unique in the world of mammals. Dolphins and...
Jacky Austermann looks to the solid earth for clues to sea level rise
It’s no revelation that sea levels are rising. Rising temperatures brought on by human-caused climate change are melting ice sheets and expanding ocean water....
Smruthi Karthikeyan turned to wastewater to get ahead of COVID-19
Environmental engineer Smruthi Karthikeyan had spent just a couple of days working in her new lab at the University of California, San Diego when...
Big questions inspire the scientists on this year’s SN 10 list
Inspiration doesn’t play by any set rules. It can come from anywhere and strike when it’s least expected. A first hint of a big...
Carlos Argüelles hunts for particles beyond the standard model
If you saw Carlos Argüelles-Delgado’s childhood bedroom — the whiteboard for working out problems, the math textbooks they asked for as birthday gifts —...
Measuring Human Rights – PODCAST
KATHMANDU, Sep 28 (IPS) – Welcome to Strive podcast, where we chat with new voices about fresh ideas to create a more just and...
Nepal’s deadly debris flow points to risks in other high mountain regions 
As freshwater reserves shrink, countries must prepare for a new water reality 
What it Means to be ‘Too Old’ and a Woman: Systemic Gendered Ageism and Loss of Belonging 
Ahead of COP17, UN Biodiversity Chief Urges Urgent Realignment of Finance with Nature Goals