How Russia’s war in Ukraine hinders space research and exploration
Space exploration may seem like a faraway endeavor from Earth’s surface, but events on the ground ripple into space. The Russian war on Ukraine...
Liz Kruesi
A hit of dopamine sends mice into dreamland
A quick surge of dopamine shifts mice into a dreamy stage of sleep. In the rodents’ brains, the chemical messenger triggers rapid-eye-movement sleep, or...
The “senseless war” in Ukraine has forced one million people to flee the country in just seven days, while countless others have been displaced...
For 50 years, the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) has offered the world a way forward “based on a vision for a better, healthier Earth...
Egypt Rushes to Find Alternative Wheat Suppliers following Russian Invasion of Ukraine
CAIRO, Mar 03 (IPS) – Egypt is scrambling to find alternate sources of wheat after the Russian invasion of Ukraine has put supply to...
PORT LOUIS, Mauritius, Mar 03 (IPS) – Dr. Ameenah Gurib-Fakim, the first woman president of Mauritius is a renowned biodiversity scientist The following...
Women Bear the Brunt of Post-COVID Employment Woes in Latin America
LIMA, Mar 03 (IPS) – The COVID-19 pandemic did not hit everyone equally and employment has shown a clear gender-differentiated impact. Two years after...
How to interpret the CDC’s new mask guidelines
One moment, Campbell County in Wyoming’s northeastern corner was an area of high levels of transmission of the coronavirus, a scenario in which the...
Targeting Only Russian Oligarchs, a Historic Mistake
LONDON, Mar 03 (IPS) – The author is Director, Financial Transparency CoalitionThe war in Ukraine has highlighted Russian kleptocrats funnelling billions of dollars out...
<em>International Womens Day, 2022</em><br>Sexual Violence Laws are Failing Adolescents
LONDON, Mar 03 (IPS) – The writer is Global Lead of Ending Sexual Violence at Equality Now The following opinion piece is part...
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