A new black hole image reveals the behemoth’s magnetic fields
Astronomers have gotten their first glimpse of the magnetic fields tangled around a black hole. The Event Horizon Telescope has unveiled the magnetism of...
Maria Temming
The dark matter mystery deepens with the demise of a reported detection
First of two parts In mystery stories, the chief suspect almost always gets exonerated before the end of the book. Typically because a key...
Hope & Numbers: What will it take to Tip the Scales on Climate Action?
AMSTERDAM, the Netherlands, Mar 24 (IPS) – The writer is International Climate Political Advisor at Greenpeace InternationalWe should be well on the way to...
Dim lighting may raise the risk of a West Nile virus exposure
Don’t dim the lights. A survey using more than 6,000 chickens across Florida shows that low levels of light pollution may increase the risk...
Why do sea turtles, penguins and sharks sometimes just swim in circles or spirals?
Marine science has its own crop circle mysteries. Sea turtles, sharks, penguins and even whales sometimes just go circular, swimming around and around in...
Here’s what makes 4 promising COVID-19 vaccines unique — and potentially useful
Barely a year after the World Health Organization declared the coronavirus outbreak a pandemic, 11 vaccines worldwide have been granted emergency use authorization or...
SYDNEY and KUALA LUMPUR, Mar 23 (IPS) – At least 85 poor countries will not have significant access to coronavirus vaccines before 2023. Unfortunately,...
Human Rights Groups Demand an end to Myanmar Militarys Crackdown on Journalists
UNITED NATIONS, Mar 22 (IPS) – Two human rights groups have called on the military in Myanmar to release journalists arbitrarily jailed and allow...
AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine is 79 percent effective in a U.S. trial
The coronavirus vaccine developed by AstraZeneca and the University of Oxford was effective at preventing COVID-19 symptoms, a clinical trial of more than 30,000...
Water Governance and Data Collection is Key to Reach Development Goals
UNITED NATIONS, Mar 22 (IPS) – Prioritising water governance and ensuring data collection and investment in groundwater use around the world are some of...
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