As a Humanitarian Crisis Engulfs Afghanistan, Education Cannot Wait Makes Urgent Appeal for Access to Quality Learning for All Children
New York, Nov 05 (IPS) – After leading a landmark, first-ever all-women mission to Afghanistan last week, Yasmine Sherif, Director of Education Cannot Wait,...
50 years ago, scientists were on the trail of ‘memory molecules’
Learning and memory transfer: More experimental evidence — Science News, November 6, 1971 The first memory molecule has been isolated, characterized and synthesized … [from the...
By the year 2030, an estimated 50 per cent of the world’s population will live in coastal areas which are exposed to flooding, storms and tsunamis. ...
In Glasgow, Indigenous People Pound the Table for Their Rights
GLASGOW, Nov 04 (IPS) – “For my people, the effects of climate change are a daily reality. The rainy season is shorter and when...
LONDON, Nov 05 (IPS) – The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has announced its intention to double the mobilisation of private sector...
About 22 months since the first cases of COVID-19 were reported, and almost a year since the first vaccines were approved, reported cases and deaths from the...
‘Energy day’at COP26: Voices call out for an end to use of coal, gas and oil
Fittingly, the sun broke through the clouds over Glasgow on Thursday as delegations and participants prepared for ‘energy day’ at COP26, one of the...
The UN barometer of world food prices has surged to a new peak, reaching its highest level since July 2011, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) announced this Thursday. Read the full story, “World food...
Brainless sponges contain early echoes of a nervous system
Brains are like sponges, slurping up new information. But sponges may also be a little bit like brains. Sponges, which are humans’ very distant...
Here’s what the next 10 years of space science could look like
The Astronomy and Astrophysics Decadal Survey is basically a sneak preview of the next 10 years of U.S. space science. Every decade, experts assembled...
Stone Age children left fingerprints on ancient art projects 
From Nuclear Weapons to Artificial Intelligence, a New Test of Humanity’s Restraint 
FRANCE: ‘The Government Should Learn to Respect Its People, Listen to Them and Consult Them’ 
COP31: Why Africa Must Rethink Nuclear Energy