BANGKOK, Thailand, Dec 10 (IPS) – The Pacific Island Developing State of Vanuatu has emerged as one of the region’s great success stories. Vanuatu...
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Solar Power from Argentina’s Puna Highlands Reaches Entire Country
BUENOS AIRES, Dec 10 (IPS) – The unprecedented growth of renewable energies in Argentina over the last three years has borne its greatest fruit:...
Gunmen kill female TV anchor in eastern Afghanistan
Author: Associated Press ID: 1607611092320215800 Thu, 2020-12-10 13:19 KABUL, Afghanistan: Gunmen shot and killed a female TV anchor in eastern Afghanistan early Thursday, officials...
Fragments of energy may be the fundamental building blocks of the universe
Matter is what makes up the universe, but what makes up matter?
NASA’s spacecraft spots China’s Chang’e 5 lander on the moon
NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter captured an image of China’s Chang’e 5 lander on the moon just hours after its historic landing.
Bees defeat ‘murder hornet’ relatives with poop
Asian honey bees defend their hives by attaching animal dung around the doorways, a behavior that was previously unknown in bees.
This is what a supernova sounds like, according to NASA
NASA’s new data sonification project turns the universe’s most extreme phenomena into sounds.
Hear from people taking action against COVID-19
As the coronavirus pandemic picked up speed this year, some people’s jobs became a nonstop race to help save lives. Here, an emergency medicine...
McDonald’s Happy Meals could get more expensive next year
McDonald’s is eliminating a two-decade-old deal with its franchisees that subsidized the price of Happy Meal toys for customers. That could mean pricier Happy...
Starbucks plans to open about 22,000 stores in the next 10 years
It may seem like there’s already a Starbucks on every corner. But the company is still planning on adding tens of thousands more locations...
‘Connect the dots’ between street protests and global turmoil, urges Guterres 
DR Congo: Ebola responders under pressure as outbreak expands 
A nanoparticle revealed the tiny impact of a single gas atom 
Was van Gogh’s ‘The Starry Night’ a flight of fancy or a real sky?