How we got from Gregor Mendel’s pea plants to modern genetics
The year was 1900. Three European botanists — one Dutch, one German and one Austrian — all reported results from breeding experiments in plants....
Earth may have 9,200 more tree species than previously thought
Trillions of trees are growing on Earth, though how many kinds there are has been underestimated, a new study finds. Earth hosts roughly 64,100...
Why being pregnant and unvaccinated against COVID-19 is a risky combo
Snow covered the storied field of Fenway Park in Boston when Kate Yohay, in the second trimester of her pregnancy, arrived. The ballpark had...
It is Time for a More Inclusive & Democratic UN
KIGALI/ BERLIN/ KUALA LUMPUR/ KINGSTON, Feb 07 (IPS) – The global challenges we face are too complex for governance as usual. It is high...
An Unending & Uncertain Battle Against the Covid
NEW DELHI, Feb 07 (IPS) – The year 2021 began with several new vaccines showing efficacy in randomized trials, but despite 26 authorised Covid-19...
Haitan teenager spends three years in a Haitian jail for a crime he didn’t commit
A young Haitian man is rebuilding his life, with the support of the UN, after being held in detention for three years, from the...
Forty years ago, Martha Isabel Ruiz Corzo, known as Pati, left the Mexican city of Querétaro with her family in search of a simple...
Is it Time to Bar Coup Leaders from the UN?
UNITED NATIONS, Feb 04 (IPS) – A rash of military coups in Africa has resurrected a long dormant question: should leaders who take power...
Guterres says Africa is ‘source of hope’ for the world
The UN Secretary-General on Saturday said that Africa was “a source of hope” for the world, highlighting the examples of the African Continental Free...
First Person: Hope and shelter, amid the fighting in Burkina Faso
For the last three years, a retired cook in northern Burkina Faso has been providing shelter for people displaced by armed attacks in the...
Sudan: The harrowing reality of giving birth in a war zone 
How a brutal drought may have helped unleash yellow fever in Brazil 
A light-based scan could detect deadly bowel disease in preterm babies 
Colombia quake: In Cali’s ruins, an ‘overwhelming sense of humanity’