A 1,306-legged millipede is the first to live up to its name
Millipedes, as we’ve known them, have been a lie. The Latin name for the arthropods implies an impressive set of 1,000 feet. Yet no...
Jonathan Lambert
The omicron variant is surging. Here’s what we’ve learned so far
With omicron spreading globally at a dizzying pace, scientists are scrambling to learn as much as they can about the latest worrisome variant of...
Dr. Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka this year’s Champion of the Earth for Science and Innovation, has spent three decades helping to safeguard some of the world’s...
The UN’s Humanitarian Coordinator in South Sudan has strongly condemned the killing of a UN-contracted aid worker on Sunday, that also left another injured,...
There is now “consistent evidence” that the Omicron variant is outpacing Delta, as COVID-19 continues to account for around 50,000 deaths worldwide every week, said...
Now is the time to explore whether a political process in Syria can meaningfully move forward in 2022, UN Special Envoy Geir Pedersen told...
Lebanese ‘deserve the truth’ over deadly port blast: Guterres
One of the UN Secretary-General’s most prominent stops during the second day of his visit to crisis-hit Lebanon was the port of Beirut, where...
COP26 Agreed Rules on Trading Carbon Emissions But Theyre Fatally Flawed
Dec 20 (IPS) – One surprise from COP26 – the latest UN climate change conference in Glasgow – was an agreement between world leaders...
MADRID, Dec 20 (IPS) – A bit of fiction. Or maybe not. If things keep going the way they are, the result will be...
Reports of “utter devastation” caused by Super Typhoon Rai have continued to come in from the Philippines, where the UN is helping respond to...
A new treatment could restore some mobility in people paralyzed by strokes 
What has Perseverance found in two years on Mars? 
This robot automatically tucks its limbs to squeeze through spaces 
Greta Thunberg’s new book urges the world to take climate action now