Will The Lettuce Outlast All This?
MADRID, Oct 27 (IPS) – No. No lettuce, no matter how British it may be, could outlast such a steady depletion of the very...
A new treatment for debilitating nightmares offers sweeter dreams
For people haunted by recurring nightmares, untroubled sleep would be a dream come true. Now in a small experiment, neuroscientists have demonstrated a technique...
Mixing gold ions into whiskey can reveal its flavor
A new kind of “gold standard” could soon permeate the whiskey industry. Whiskey distillers typically age spirits in charred, wooden casks for years, allowing...
Climate change: CO2 and methane in our atmosphere reach record levels
Atmospheric levels of the three main greenhouse gases warming our planet – carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide- all reached new record highs in...
Countries’ climate promises still not enough to avoid catastrophic global warming: UN Report
While plans submitted by most signatories of the Paris Agreement would reduce global greenhouse gas emissions, they are still not ambitious enough to limit...
If you had to name some of the planet’s most life-threatening fungal diseases, would you know where to begin? Read the full story, “19...
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, on Wednesday called for a moratorium on the forced returns of refugees and migrants to...
Security Council counter-terrorism body to review growing threat posed by new technologies
The United Nations Security Council Counter-Terrorism Committee holds a special meeting in Mumbai and New Delhi beginning on Friday, focused on the growing threat...
War, Greed and Mass Manipulation
STOCKHOLM, Oct 26 (IPS) – In his treatise On War, the Prussian general Carl von Clausewitz (1780–1831) stated that war is “merely a continuation...
How China Can Retire Coal Early in Pakistan and Elsewhere Through the BRI
PARIS, Oct 26 (IPS) – With COP 27 approaching, pressure is mounting on wealthy countries to increase their support to poorer ones in the...
Estrogen therapy is linked to fewer signs of Alzheimer’s in the brain 
A vest tested on the Artemis I mission blocked some radiation exposure 
Frankenstein in Charge: Netanyahu Rejects Trump’s Gaza Plan 
Malawi Bets on Battery Storage to Climate-Proof Its Fragile Power Grid