SCIENTIFIC NEWS
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Top 10 deadliest natural disasters in history
Here are the world’s most deadliest earthquakes, cyclones and floods.
THE HAGUE, Dec 17 (IPS) – When it comes to international environmental diplomacy, America has a chequered past. It stood at the forefront of...
Kashmir’s New Land Laws Could Impact Biodiversity
SRINAGAR, India, Dec 17 (IPS) – Walking in the middle of fields of delicately-scented purple saffron crocus flowers, 36-year-old Mubeen Yasin, a saffron farmer...
Ötzi the Iceman may have scaled ice-free Alps
Many Alpine summits may have been ice-free before about 5,900 years ago.
It was a kidnapping as brazen as it was unexpected.
Huge methane cache beneath Arctic could be unlocked by the moon
The moon’s tides affect how much methane is released from seafloor sediments and the implications are huge.
This mom makes sure Santa sends reassuring notes to kids who can’t celebrate on December 25
Families everywhere are set for the most wonderful time of the year. But in some households, Mom or Dad can’t be around for Christmas...
Ivory from a 16th century shipwreck reveals new details about African elephants
In 2008, miners off the coast of Namibia stumbled upon buried treasure: a sunken Portuguese ship known as the Bom Jesus, which went missing...
Reclaim Your Rights: Defend Indigenous Peoples Lands
QUEZON CITY, Philippines, Dec 17 (IPS) – Beverly L. Longid is the Global Coordinator of International Indigenous Peoples Movement for Self-Determination and Liberation (IPMSDL)....
Asia’s Energy Progress Is Great, But Must Pick Up Pace 
Living Longer at Age 80 
Sad or afraid? Dogs may be able to read your face 
Science backs calls for limiting screens in schools