With an estimated 12 billion workdays lost annually due to depression and anxiety, costing the global economy nearly $1 trillion, more action is needed...
Iran must immediately stay the executions of two women sentenced to death for supporting the human rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and gender-diverse...
Hard Hit By Climate Change, Villagers Raise a Forest on Their Own
Sep 28 (IPS) – Some ten years ago, Sheemanto Chatri, a 39-year-old farmer hailing from India’s northeastern state of Meghalaya, was reeling with distress....
The pandemic may be stunting young adults’ personality development
The psychological development of young adults may have taken a hit, thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic. In typical times, people tend to become more...
This robotic pill clears mucus from the gut to deliver meds
A mucus-wicking robotic pill may offer a new way to deliver meds. The multivitamin-sized device houses a motor and a cargo hold for drugs,...
MADRID, Sep 28 (IPS) – These are facts, not guesses: about 1.3 billion tons of food is wasted and lost… every single year, the...
Ancient fish fossils highlight the strangeness of our vertebrate ancestors
My, what small teeth they had. A newfound treasure trove of ancient fish fossils unearthed in southern China is opening a window into the...
False teeth could double as hearing aids
Prosthetic teeth could make great hearing aids. Vibrations applied to replacements for lost teeth travel well through jawbones to the inner ear, researchers report...
Aged Persons Haunted by Abuse in Zimbabwe
Sep 28 (IPS) – At his house in Mabvuku, a high-density suburb in Harare, the Zimbabwean capital, 86-year-old Tinago Murape claims his grandchildren starve...
Deadly Smoke: Feeding Children Kills Cafeteria Staff
Seoul, Sep 28 (IPS) – During my summer break this year, I read a news article about five school cafeteria workers who had died...
Guterres urges faster action and financing to stop biodiversity loss 
Horned dinosaurs’ weapons evolved to handle the forces of combat 
Artemis II results show how much science people can do at the moon 
Ebola Spread Raises Fresh Urgency for Africa’s Domestic Health Funding