JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, Mar 05 (IPS) – International Women’s day 2021 heralds a particularly challenging time for women and girls. The Covid pandemic has...
LONDON, Mar 05 (IPS) – Among the greatest gifts with which I have been blessed were parents who instilled in me a deep-rooted sense...
To understand how ‘night-shining’ clouds form, scientists made one themselves
NASA’s Super Soaker mission was basically an extreme DIY project: To better understand how noctilucent, or night-shining clouds form, researchers made one from scratch....
Andromeda’s and the Milky Way’s black holes will collide. Here’s how it may play out
The supermassive black holes at the centers of the Milky Way and Andromeda galaxies are doomed to engulf each other in an ill-fated cosmological...
COVID-19 has exacerbated a troubling U.S. health trend: premature deaths
There is no good time for a pandemic, but COVID-19 hit the United States as a public health crisis was well under way. The...
How Households Increased Food Waste is Feeding Climate Change
UNITED NATIONS, Mar 04 (IPS) – Twenty percent of all food bought by households, retailers, restaurants and other food services in 54 countries around...
International Women’s Day, 2021 – The World Not Only Needs Women Leaders – It Needs Feminist Leaders
International Women’s Day, 2021 – The World Not Only Needs Women Leaders – It Needs Feminist Leaders
PARIS and REYKJAVIK, Mar 05 (IPS) – International Women’s Day pays tribute to the achievements of women worldwide and reminds us what still needs...
International Women’s Day, 2021 – Women’s Leadership Must Drive the Global Recovery from COVID-19
DUBLIN, Mar 05 (IPS) – International Women’s Day is always an occasion to celebrate strong women and an important day in the global calendar...
Drilling Wells to Alleviate the Water Shortage in the Venezuelan Capital
CARACAS, Mar 04 (IPS) – Thousands of families in the Venezuelan capital have dipped into their savings or gone into debt, in the midst...
Most pro athletes who got COVID-19 didn’t develop heart inflammation
Most professional athletes who got COVID-19 didn’t suffer heart damage from it, a new study suggests. Researchers screened 789 players who had tested positive...
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 
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