Do we Really Need a World Ranking to Measure Happiness?
KATHMANDU, Nepal, Mar 29 (IPS) – The 10th edition of the World Happiness Report was recently published and once again the findings raised an...
‘Vagina Obscura’ shows how little is known about female biology
Vagina ObscuraRachel E. GrossW.W. Norton & Co., $30 More than 2,000 years ago, Hippocrates, the Greek physician often considered the father of modern medicine,...
Wally Broecker divined how the climate could suddenly shift
It was the mid-1980s, at a meeting in Switzerland, when Wally Broecker’s ears perked up. Scientist Hans Oeschger was describing an ice core drilled...
Grainy ice cream is unpleasant. Plant-based nanocrystals might help
You can never have too much ice cream, but you can have too much ice in your ice cream. Adding plant-based nanocrystals to the...
Entrepreneurship, investment key to achieving SDGs and resilient post-pandemic recovery
A United Nations forum opened in Dubai today, spotlighting entrepreneurship, innovation, and investment in a post-pandemic recovery as vehicles to achieving Sustainable Development Goals...
War or Peace, Barbarism or Hope
SYDNEY and KUALA LUMPUR, Mar 29 (IPS) – The spectre of ‘stagflation’ threatens the world once again. This time, the risk is the direct...
Farmers in northern Haiti dig for resilience
Farmers in the north of Haiti are working to build their resilience to extreme weather patterns in an attempt to better protect themselves from...
UN’s Bachelet hails ‘millions of voices’ tackling racial discrimination
More than two decades after the signing of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action (PoA) – the UN’s blueprint to tackle racism and other...
The Horn of Africa is experiencing the worst drought since 1981, and a shortfall in aid funding is putting the lives of millions of...
The United Nations Deputy Secretary-General on Monday called on countries in Asia and the Pacific to speed up the shift from fossil fuels to...
‘Make or bake time’: Guterres urges climate justice pact as leaders gather at COP31 
Lebanon: After 48 years patrolling the Blue Line, UN peacekeepers prepare exit 
Hotter World, Older Population: How Long Can Climate COPs Ignore the Obvious? 
International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women 2026