Disarmament Week? But Hundreds of Nukes Can Be Launched Within Minutes
MADRID, Oct 25 (IPS) – Hadn’t it been so worrisome, it would be ironic to hear that humanity is to mark the World Disarmament...
Lidar reveals a possible blueprint for many Olmec and Maya ceremonial sites
An unexpected architectural tradition linked many Olmec and Maya societies of Mesoamerica, an ancient cultural area that ran from central Mexico to Central America....
Astronomers may have spotted the first known exoplanet in another galaxy
Astronomers may have spotted the first known planet in another galaxy. The potential world, called M51-ULS-1b, orbits both a massive star and a dead...
Jumping spiders’ remarkable senses capture a world beyond our perception
Imagine that the world is shades of gray and a little blurry, almost as if your lousy peripheral vision has taken over. This fuzzy...
World’s Deadliest Malaria Parasite Dominance in Africa Could Be Over Experts
Nairobi, Kenya, Oct 25 (IPS) – One morning in 2016, Lillian Nekesa’s 3-year-old woke up with flu-like classic symptoms of malaria. This was not...
WASHINGTON DC, Oct 25 (IPS) – The global food system is facing more demands from society than ever before in modern times – and...
Multilateralism committed but ‘struggling’ to solve world challenges
While multilateralism remains “committed to solving global challenges”, the deputy UN chief said on Sunday, United Nations Day, it is “struggling to find the...
From bringing together fractured communities, to fighting child labour, and advancing climate action, the work of UN staff around the world is contributing to...
A UN humanitarian aid flight destined for the capital of the Tigray region in northern Ethiopia, was forced to return to Addis Ababa due...
An Ambitious, Stakeholder-Driven Climate Change Commitment Ahead of COP26: Eswatini’s Revised Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) Process
Eswatini, Oct 22 (IPS) – There is no country today that has not experienced the effects of climate change, from changing weather patterns to...
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