Belo Monte Dam: Electricity or Life in Brazil’s Amazon Rainforest
RIO DE JANEIRO, Dec 28 (IPS) – “We are no longer familiar with the Xingú River,” whose waters govern “our way of life, our...
SCIENTIFIC NEWS
Bats are superheroes of the night. Their superpowers could help us protect them.
Conservationists are using bats’ echolocation abilities to help track these mammals, as many of them succumb to white nose syndrome.
10 science records broken in 2020
From the longest bird flight to the oldest identical twins, 2020 was filled with record-breaking science.
The strangest medical cases of 2020
From a man with green urine to a teenager with a sewing pin in his heart, a number of intriguing medical cases caught our...
Indonesia bans international visitors for 2 weeks over new virus strain
Author: Mon, 2020-12-28 12:48 JAKARTA: International visitors will be barred from entering Indonesia for a two-week period in a bid to stem the spread...
Pfizer to complete supply of COVID-19 vaccines to EU by September
Author: Reuters ID: 1609158413640137400 Mon, 2020-12-28 12:07 BRUSSELS: The distribution of an initial 200 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine developed by Pfizer and...
Here are the highlights from a busy year in space launches
So many things launched into space this year: Six humans traveled aboard commercial crew vehicles, three spacecraft began journeys to Mars and several hundred...
This might be the most valuable Hot Wheels car
You can buy most Hot Wheels cars for about a dollar at Target, Wal-Mart or pretty much any local drugstore. But for Bruce Pascal,...
The coolest ancient weapons discovered in 2020
Here are nine cool ancient weapons discovered this year.
Chinese journalist who covered Wuhan Covid-19 outbreak jailed
Zhang Zhan, 37, an independent Chinese journalist who reported from Wuhan at the height of the initial coronavirus outbreak, has been jailed for four...
Eating too much sugar on antibiotics could squash helpful gut bacteria 
Electric stoves could help people with asthma breathe easier 
World News in Brief: Russian attacks intensify, UN team tours West Bank, ‘unlawful’ elderly deaths 
Mothers get nearly eight times more paid leave than fathers – and women pay the price