Uranium ‘snowflakes’ could set off thermonuclear explosions of dead stars
Tiny crystals of uranium could set off massive explosions within a dead star, physicists propose, making for a cosmic version of a thermonuclear bomb....
Emily Conover
SYDNEY and KUALA LUMPUR, Mar 30 (IPS) – COVID-19 has set back the uneven progress of recent decades, directly causing more than two million...
In Syria, a Decade of Death, Destruction, Displacement, Disease, Dread & Despair
UNITED NATIONS, Mar 30 (IPS) – The conflict in Syria is now ten years old. A decade of death, destruction, displacement, disease, dread and...
Identities
STOCKHOLM / ROME, Mar 30 (IPS) – I was born in the winter in 1990 in a country not my own i was born...
Here’s why humans chose particular groups of stars as constellations
The Big Dipper’s stars make up a conspicuous landmark in the sky of the Northern Hemisphere. Even novice stargazers can easily pick out the...
DHAKA, Bangladesh, Mar 29 (IPS) – Nuhara Syeda is with HarvestPlus, which is part of the CGIAR* Research Program on Agriculture for Nutrition and...
Arab Region Counts Cost of Devastating COVID-19 Pandemic
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, Mar 29 (IPS) – More than eight million people moved onto the poverty line in the Arab region, a conference of...
Why Rehabilitation is as Vital as Rescue for Child Trafficking Survivors
SYDNEY, Australia, Mar 29 (IPS) – Twelve-year-old Babloo’s (Name changed) parents, who worked as daily wage agricultural labourers in the eastern Indian state of...
How kelp forests off California are responding to an urchin takeover
Joshua Smith has been diving in kelp forests in Monterey Bay along the central coast of California since 2012. Back then, he says, things...
Parents in Western countries report the highest levels of burnout
The ongoing pandemic has hammered parents. For many, work shifted to home. Schools closed or went partially remote in many places. Grandparents at high...
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