A shadowy birthplace may explain Jupiter’s strange chemistry
Jupiter may have formed in a shadow that kept the planet’s birthplace colder than Pluto. The frigid temperature could explain the giant world’s unusual...
Ken Croswell
South Sudan: UNICEF warns of ‘desperation and hopelessness’ for children 10 years after independence
South Sudan: UNICEF warns of ‘desperation and hopelessness’ for children 10 years after independence
Ten years after South Sudan achieved independence, more children there are in urgent need of humanitarian assistance than ever before, the UN Children’s Fund,...
How Hans Berger’s quest for telepathy spurred modern brain science
A brush with death led Hans Berger to invent a machine that could eavesdrop on the brain. In 1893, when he was 19, Berger...
How wielding lamps and torches shed new light on Stone Age cave art
As a geologist who studies Stone Age cave art, Iñaki Intxaurbe is used to making subterranean treks in a headlamp and boots. But the...
MEXICO CITY, Jul 05 (IPS) – The visit of the Vice President of the United States to Mexico on June 8 served to address...
KUALA LUMPUR and SYDNEY, Jul 06 (IPS) – As rich countries have delayed contagion containment, including mass vaccination, in developing countries, much weaker fiscal...
Why we Need to Build Economies – not Walls – to Stop Migration
SAN SALVADOR, Jul 06 (IPS) – If you speak to farmers in El Salvador, many will tell you about the time they were driven...
Agroecology as the Centrepiece of Sustainable Food Systems
UNITED NATIONS, Jul 06 (IPS) – The world is facing rising hunger and food insecurity, biodiversity loss and the impacts of a changing climate....
Belarus has witnessed an unprecedented human rights crisis over the past year, the independent expert appointed to monitor the country said on Monday, calling...
The UN chief on Monday extended his condolences to the families of those who died in a landslide, which struck the Japanese coastal city...
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