After the Ever Given: What the Ship Wedged in the Suez Canal Means for Global Trade
Mar 26 (IPS) – In the early hours of March 23, the container ship Ever Given was blown off course by high winds on...
MEXICO CITY, Mar 26 (IPS) – In March 2014, Noemi N. took her own life inside a refuge camp in Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua, where...
The ‘USS Jellyfish’ emits strange radio waves from a distant galaxy cluster
Something’s fishy in the southern constellation Phoenix. Strange radio emissions from a distant galaxy cluster take the shape of a gigantic jellyfish, complete with...
A toxin behind mysterious eagle die-offs may have finally been found
Mysterious deaths of bald eagles, mallards and other lake life in the southeastern United States have puzzled scientists for more than 20 years. After...
Simple hand-built structures can help streams survive wildfires and drought
Wearing waders and work gloves, three dozen employees from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Conservation Service stood at a small creek amid...
A gene defect may make rabbits do handstands instead of hop
One defective gene might turn some bunnies’ hops into handstands, a new study suggests. To move quickly, a breed of domesticated rabbit called sauteur...
AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine holds up in an updated analysis of trial data
Analysis of the latest data from a clinical trial for a coronavirus vaccine developed by AstraZeneca and the University of Oxford shows the shot...
Octopus sleep includes a frenzied, colorful, ‘active’ stage
Octopuses cycle through two stages of slumber, a new study reports. First comes quiet sleep, and then a shift to a twitchy, active sleep...
A plant gene may have helped whiteflies become a major pest
At some point between 35 million and 80 million years ago, a whitefly landed on a leaf and started sucking its sweet sap. That...
Humanitarian & Food Aid Can Never be Enough to Manage Cascading Disasters
UNITED NATIONS, Mar 25 (IPS) – The intersection of crisis, climate change and COVID-19 has resulted in a “rapid rise in hunger”, according to...
The grass beneath our feet: Why rangelands matter 
Former rebel fighters join campaign against Ebola in the DR Congo 
900 obstacles and counting: West Bank families trapped as aid access shrinks 
‘Ebola is winning’: Epidemic now killing one person every 30 minutes