Coronavirus reinfections appear rare, especially in people younger than 65
Second bouts of COVID-19 are rare, though people 65 years and older may be at higher risk of reinfection than younger ones, a study...
Failing to Collect Data About Women is no Trivial Offence
BERLIN, Mar 17 (IPS) – Women get freezing cold in trains and in big city offices because the air conditioning is set for men’s...
50 years ago, researchers treated chronic pain with electricity
Fooling the brain — Science News, March 20, 1971 Chronic pain can be treated surgically by severing nerves or by destroying a small part...
Living Hell – Concerns Mount over Dramatic Deterioration in Yemen Conflict
UNITED NATIONS, Mar 17 (IPS) – The United Nations Special Envoy for Yemen has warned that the world’s worst humanitarian crisis, is rapidly deteriorating...
Every Girl Cant Be a Scientist Until We Make Big Changes
URBANA, Illinois, Mar 17 (IPS) – Over a month ago, the world celebrated the International Day of Women and Girls in Science. But the...
Two new books investigate why it’s so hard to define life
If everything in the world had to be divided into two bins — one for living things and one for nonliving — the task...
A gargantuan supernova remnant looks 40 times as big as the full moon
A cloud of expanding gas in space is the largest supernova remnant ever seen in the sky, a new study confirms. The Milky Way...
Magellan, Inquisition and Globalisation
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, Mar 16 (IPS) – Globalisation’s beginnings are symbolised by Ferdinand Magellan’s near circumnavigation of the world half a millennium ago. But...
STOCKHOLM / ROME, Mar 16 (IPS) – Inequality characterizes the world we live in, predisposing how we act and think. We perceive our existence...
Five Steps to Combat Gender-Based Violence Globally
DHAKA, Bangladesh, Mar 16 (IPS) – The 410 Legal Aid Centers that I manage in Bangladesh for BRAC’s Human Rights and Legal Aid Services...
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