‘Unbox Me’ campaign gives visibility to lives of transgender children
A new UN initiative aims to promote greater inclusion and acceptance of transgender children, and to advocate for their rights. Read the full story,...
The UN and partners on Thursday launched a $1.7 billion Humanitarian Response Plan (HRP) for South Sudan, to meet the needs of some 6.8...
UN chief hails launch of new expert group to boost net-zero climate change fight
UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Thursday urged private investors businesses, cities, states and regions, to do more to cut harmful greenhouse gas emissions, launching...
We finally have a fully complete human genome
Researchers have finally deciphered a complete human genetic instruction book from cover to cover. The completion of the human genome has been announced a...
Mammals’ bodies outpaced their brains right after the dinosaurs died
Modern mammals are known for their big brains. But new analyses of mammal skulls from creatures that lived shortly after the dinosaur mass extinction...
UN health agency launches bid to stop a new global pandemic
“Arboviruses” might not be something most of us are familiar with, but for almost four billion people, they’re a deadly threat – which is...
Zimbabwe Elections Rekindle Voter Apathy Concerns
Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, Mar 31 (IPS) – Activity in the streets of Zimbabwe’s second city is testimony to a thriving informal sector where thousands of...
Turning Agro-industrial Waste into Energy in Argentina
ZÃ?RATE, Argentina, Mar 31 (IPS) – Three giant concrete cylinders with inflated membrane roofs are a strange sight in the industrial park of Zárate,...
Here are the Top 10 times scientific imagination failed
Science, some would say, is an enterprise that should concern itself solely with cold, hard facts. Flights of imagination should be the province of...
North America’s oldest skull surgery dates to at least 3,000 years ago
A man with a hole in his forehead, who was interred in what’s now northwest Alabama between around 3,000 and 5,000 years ago, represents...
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