Can room-temperature superconductors work without extreme pressure?
For decades, scientists quested after a room-temperature superconductor. Now that they’ve finally found one, the hunt is on for an even better material. Until...
Emily Conover
UNITED NATIONS, Mar 19 (IPS) – The UN will be commemorating World Water Day on Monday March 22.Water is integral to sustainable development, but...
‘Oumuamua may be a chip knocked off an icy, Pluto-like exoplanet
Since its discovery, the interstellar object known as ‘Oumuamua has defied explanation. First spotted in 2017, it has been called an asteroid, a comet...
‘The Code Breaker’ tells the story of CRISPR pioneer Jennifer Doudna
The Code BreakerWalter IsaacsonSimon & Schuster, $35 With the slightest touch, the fernlike vine known as sleeping grass folds over on itself, like a...
Achieving Gender Equality for Women’s Re-entry to the Labour Force Post COVID-19
BONN,Germany, Mar 18 (IPS) – During the height of the COVID-19 lockdowns, while many sought safety being at home, women in the healthcare, child...
UN Sanitizes Killings of Children in Armed Conflicts
UNITED NATIONS, Mar 19 (IPS) – The horrendous killings of children in military conflicts and civil wars – both by national armed forces and...
LONDON, Mar 19 (IPS) – The writer is Senior Policy Analyst for WaterAid The UN will be commemorating World Water Day on Monday...
AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine isn’t tied to blood clots, experts say
AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine is not associated with an increased risk of blood clots, the European Medicines Agency announced March 18. That’s the conclusion of...
An ancient shark’s weird fins helped it glide like a manta ray
Thirty million years before manta rays began gracefully gliding through ocean waters, a shark with fantastically elongated fins gave such underwater flight a go,...
Two bonobos adopted infants outside their group, marking a first for great apes
Attentive parenting appears across the animal world, but adoption is rarer, especially when youngsters taken in aren’t kin. Now researchers have witnessed bonobos adopting...
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