MacKenzie Scott donates $4.2 billion to 384 organizations
MacKenzie Scott announced on Tuesday her second major charitable contribution of the year, giving away nearly $4.2 billion to 384 organizations as part of...
Fake ‘decoy’ eggs are being used to track turtle poaching
The phone buzzed as the tracker came online, and a little circular blip appeared on the map. Helen Pheasey watched the dot intently as...
Small, quiet crickets turn leaves into megaphones to blare their mating call
The rules of the tree cricket world, sexually speaking, are simple. Perched from a leaf’s edge, males call out into the night by rhythmically...
Can Conservation and Development Be Balanced in Sri Lanka?
COLOMBO, Dec 15 (IPS) – The Sri Lankan government recently cancelled three circulars that protected 700,000 hectares of forests, labelled Other State Forests (OSFs),...
India: National Education Policy 2020 Could Transform Early Childhood Education If Implemented Effectively
THANE, MAHARASHTRA, India, Dec 15 (IPS) – It is after almost 34 years that the central government approved the new National Education Policy 2020...
USA Downgraded as Civil Liberties Deteriorate Across the Americas
Few images better illustrate the recent decline in civil liberties in the United States than that of peaceful protesters near the White House being...
Getting Children in Lebanon Back to School Amongst Multiple Crises
BEIRUT, Lebanon, Dec 15 (IPS) – Education and health care were high on the agenda when the United Nations vowed to work toward a...
Hungary passes anti-LGBTQ law effectively barring same-sex couples from adopting
Hungary’s parliament has voted to redefine the concept of “family” in the country’s constitution, a move that will effectively bar same sex couples from...
Asylum agreement between US and El Salvador is ready to go into effect
An asylum agreement between the United States and El Salvador is ready to go into effect, according to a memo obtained by CNN.
‘No ordinary thing:’ Kashmiri man $120,000 in debt advertises his kidney for sale
Author: Tue, 2020-12-15 22:38 NEW DELHI: After accumulating more than $120,000 in debt and “exhausting all options for help,” a 28-year-old Kashmiri man said...
A new treatment could restore some mobility in people paralyzed by strokes 
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This robot automatically tucks its limbs to squeeze through spaces 
Greta Thunberg’s new book urges the world to take climate action now