A star nicknamed ‘Earendel’ may be the most distant yet seen
A chance alignment may have revealed a star from the universe’s first billion years. If confirmed, this star would be the most distant one...
Deepening Stagflation: Out of the Frying Pan into the Fire
SYDNEY and KUALA LUMPUR, Apr 05 (IPS) – The world is sailing into a perfect storm as key leaders seem intent on threatening more...
Perils of Hunger, Food Insecurity in Southern Africa- Challenges & Opportunities
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, Apr 05 (IPS) – Food systems are under severe stress around the world now. The thresholds of tolerance are already exceeding...
CAPE TOWN, South Africa, Apr 05 (IPS) – On the battleground that has become African wildlife conservation, rural communities find themselves in the middle...
Almost everyone now breathing polluted air, warns WHO
An astonishing 99 per cent of the world’s population breathes polluted air that exceeds internationally approved limits, with negative health impacts kicking in at...
8 reasons not to give up hope – and take climate action
Although once again the scientific community has made clear this week that we are not doing enough to limit global warming to the crucial...
A UN report says stopping climate change is possible but action is needed now
It doesn’t have to be this way. The world already has the know-how and tools to dramatically reduce emissions from fossil fuels — but...
Bucha killings raise ‘serious’ questions about possible war crimes: Bachelet
Senior UN officials have echoed the Secretary-General’s call for an independent investigation into the killing of scores of civilians in the Ukrainian town of...
Palm Oil for Biodiesel in the Amazon: Sustainable Fuel or Deforestation Risk?
MANAUS, Brazil, Apr 04 (IPS) – Oil palm, known as dendezeiro in Brazil, can produce up to ten times more vegetable oil per hectare...
LONDON, Apr 04 (IPS) – With the economy in freefall and basics such as food and fuel in dangerously short supply, there is mounting...
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