Top UN Haiti envoy hails commitment to hold new elections
The UN Special Representative for Haiti on Thursday, acknowledged the legitimacy of Prime Minister Claude Joseph to lead the Caribbean nation, following the “cowardly”...
The United Nations stands ready to support Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan in efforts to resolve their decade-long disagreement over the Great Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), senior officials told the Security Council on Thursday. ...
These weird, thin ice crystals are springy and bendy
Try to bend an icicle and it’ll snap in two. With its tendency to crack into shards, ice’s reputation for being stiff and brittle...
Sea otters stay warm thanks to leaky mitochondria in their muscles
Sea otters’ secret to staying warm isn’t in thick stores of blubber. It’s in their muscles. Leaks in the energy-generating parts of muscle cells...
How Romanesco cauliflower forms its spiraling fractals
The swirling green cones that make up the head of Romanesco cauliflower also form a fractal pattern — one that repeats itself on multiple...
How your DNA may affect whether you get COVID-19 or become gravely ill
Some people can blame their DNA for making them more likely to get COVID-19 or becoming severely ill if they get infected. A study...
A new study released on Thursday by the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) illustrates the devastating impact of COVID-19 on victims and survivors of human...
Calls to Halt Construction of Massive Oilfield in One of Africas last Wildernesses
BRATISLAVA, Jul 08 (IPS) – Wildlife and environmental campaigners have called for international action as concerns grow over a project to create a massive...
PORT LOUIS, Mauritius, Jul 08 (IPS) – June 2021 marked the launch of UN Decade on Ecosystem restoration. This effort aims at reversing the...
Investing in Education as Driver for All Our Futures
ISLAMABAD / LAGOS, Jul 07 (IPS) – Never before have so many children been out of school. 1.6 billion children and young people –...
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