Unilateral and coercive sanctions imposed by governments can create severe and undue suffering for innocent people who bear no responsibility for alleged misconduct, the...
Fossil tracks may reveal an ancient elephant nursery
Fossilized footprints found on a beach in southern Spain betray what may have been a nursery for an extinct species of elephant. The track-rich...
Stone Age people used bone scrapers to make leather and pelts
Discoveries in a Moroccan cave have provided a rare look at how Stone Age people may have turned animal skins into clothing. Bone tools,...
‘Tipping point’ for climate action: Time’s running out to avoid catastrophic heating
The temporary reduction in carbon emissions caused by global COVID-19 lockdowns did not slow the relentless advance of climate change. Greenhouse gas concentrations are...
The ozone layer – a fragile shield of gas that protects the Earth from the harmful rays of the sun – is “on the...
77 million children have spent 18 months out of class: #ReopenSchools, urges UNICEF
The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) says the world is facing an education crisis due to the COVID pandemic, that has left nearly 77 million children shut out of...
Some birds learn to recognize calls while still in their eggs
Over a decade ago, behavioral ecologist Diane Colombelli-Négrel was wiring superb fairy wrens’ nests to record the birds’ sounds when she noticed something odd....
The contribution of women activists towards building peace across the world is being highlighted in a UN exhibition of images taken by women photographers...
UN Staffers Under Pandemic Restrictions, but Diplomats to Wine & Dine Unrestrained
UNITED NATIONS, Sep 16 (IPS) – When hundreds of delegates and diplomats arrive in New York city next week for the new 76th session...
States should place moratoriums on the sale and use of artificial intelligence (AI) systems until adequate safeguards are put in place, UN human rights chief, Michelle...
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