Microscopic images reveal the science and beauty of face masks
Studying fabrics at very high magnification helps determine how some face masks filter out particles better than others. And the close-ups reveal an unseen...
We’ve covered science for 100 years. Here’s how it has — and hasn’t — changed
A century ago, people needed help to understand science. Much as they do today. Then as now, it wasn’t always easy to sort the...
Syrians are Victims of a War We Did not Choose
MADRID, Apr 02 (IPS) – The writer is a Syrian Independent Documentary Visual StorytellerSyrians are among the greatest victims of this century, according to...
The dinosaur-killing asteroid impact radically altered Earth’s tropical forests
The day before a giant asteroid hit Earth 66 million years ago, a very different kind of rainforest thrived in what is now Colombia....
Should the 2021 Climate Summit in Glasgow Still Take Place?
NEW YORK, Apr 01 (IPS) – With uncertainties over face-to-face meetings resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic, the authors consider the case for postponing the...
4 takeaways from the WHO’s report on the origins of the coronavirus
A new World Health Organization report investigating the origins of the coronavirus has raised more questions than answers for how — and where —...
Flamboyant fishes evolved an explosion of color as seas rose and fell
Fairy wrasses are swimming jewels, flitting and flouncing about coral reefs. The finger-length fishes’ brash, vibrant courtship displays are meant for mates and rivals,...
Conserving Tigers, Elephants and Bison, One LPG Stove at a Time
HYDERBAD, India, Apr 01 (IPS) – As the sun sets over the canopy of Albizia amara trees, a thin blanket of fog begins to...
Generation Equality: Womens Leadership as a Catalyst for Change, Say 49 UN Women Envoys
UNITED NATIONS, Apr 01 (IPS) – This article has been co-authored and signed by 49 UN women Ambassadors*March, women’s history month, closes with the...
SYDNEY and KUALA LUMPUR, Apr 01 (IPS) – Illicit financial flows (IFFs) hurt all countries, both developed and developing. But poor countries suffer relatively...
Coordinated action on clean air and climate change can net $15 for every dollar spent 
Human rights chief Türk renews call for end to spiralling Sudan war 
AI: Türk urges action before it becomes an ‘existential risk to humanity’ 
UNGA 81: A United Nations at a Turning Point