‘The Code Breaker’ tells the story of CRISPR pioneer Jennifer Doudna
The Code BreakerWalter IsaacsonSimon & Schuster, $35 With the slightest touch, the fernlike vine known as sleeping grass folds over on itself, like a...
Achieving Gender Equality for Women’s Re-entry to the Labour Force Post COVID-19
BONN,Germany, Mar 18 (IPS) – During the height of the COVID-19 lockdowns, while many sought safety being at home, women in the healthcare, child...
UN Sanitizes Killings of Children in Armed Conflicts
UNITED NATIONS, Mar 19 (IPS) – The horrendous killings of children in military conflicts and civil wars – both by national armed forces and...
LONDON, Mar 19 (IPS) – The writer is Senior Policy Analyst for WaterAid The UN will be commemorating World Water Day on Monday...
AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine isn’t tied to blood clots, experts say
AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine is not associated with an increased risk of blood clots, the European Medicines Agency announced March 18. That’s the conclusion of...
An ancient shark’s weird fins helped it glide like a manta ray
Thirty million years before manta rays began gracefully gliding through ocean waters, a shark with fantastically elongated fins gave such underwater flight a go,...
Two bonobos adopted infants outside their group, marking a first for great apes
Attentive parenting appears across the animal world, but adoption is rarer, especially when youngsters taken in aren’t kin. Now researchers have witnessed bonobos adopting...
Why Children Are Prime Targets of Armed Groups in Northern Nigeria
Mar 18 (IPS) – Due to growing insecurity, Nigeria is gradually becoming one of the most dangerous places to live. The 2020 Global Terrorism...
We still don’t know for sure where the coronavirus came from. Here’s why
More than a year after the novel coronavirus had spread to all corners of the globe, officially becoming a pandemic, we still don’t know...
A Global South Organization a <em>Sine Qua Non</em> for Developing Nations’ Influence in World Arena
A Global South Organization a <em>Sine Qua Non</em> for Developing Nations’ Influence in World Arena
GENEVA, Mar 18 (IPS) – I observed the Group of 77 (G77) shortly after the 1964 Geneva Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), the...
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