Where do UN Diplomats Hide During Politically-Sensitive Voting?
NEW YORK, Feb 11 (IPS) – The United Nations, created in 1945 following the devastation caused by World War II, was mandated with one...
Fin whale songs can reveal hidden features of the ocean floor
The fin whale’s call is among the loudest in the ocean: It can even penetrate into Earth’s crust, a new study finds. Echoes in...
Black, Hispanic and female police use force less often than white male officers
Black and Hispanic police officers tend to stop, arrest and use force against civilians less often than white officers do, and female officers of...
Meatier meals and more playtime might reduce cats’ toll on wildlife
Surprisingly simple measures might keep domestic cats from killing a lot of wildlife. Estimates vary, but it’s likely that billions of birds and mammals...
Can privacy coexist with technology that reads and changes brain activity?
Gertrude the pig rooted around a straw-filled pen, oblivious to the cameras and onlookers — and the 1,024 electrodes eavesdropping on her brain signals....
Give us Access to Tigray to Find Missing Refugees — NRC Pleas
UNITED NATIONS, Feb 11 (IPS) – The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) has called for unimpeded access to all parts of Ethiopia’s Tigray Region, to...
GENEVA, Feb 11 (IPS) – WHO and UNICEF have a long, deep and very special relationship. Neither of us could do what we do...
Food Systems Need to Change to Promote Healthy Choices and Combat Obesity
Feb 10 (IPS) – COVID-19 has had a devastating impact on people with obesity and noncommunicable diseases such as diabetes. The pandemic has underlined...
Humans made a horn out of a conch shell about 18,000 years ago
Ancient Europeans made a horn out of a large seashell and blew musical notes out of it roughly 18,000 years ago, a new study...
A drop in CFC emissions puts the hole in the ozone layer back on track to closing
Good news for the ozone layer: After a recent spike in CFC-11 pollution, emissions of this ozone-destroying chemical are on the decline. Emissions 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