Access to Safe Water Never Loses Value
NEW YORK, Mar 20 (IPS) – The writer is Communications Manager at Safe Water Network The UN will be commemorating World Water Day...
Oral Health Should be a Development Priority
EKITI, Nigeria, Mar 19 (IPS) – The mouth is a barometer of social inequities — it reflects the injustices in our society. As George...
How Technology Reproduces & Amplifies Harassment & Abuse of Women Journalists
UNITED NATIONS, Mar 19 (IPS) – “Email and social media access attempts, extremely aggressive comments, photo montages, massive defamation and intimidation campaigns on WhatsApp....
Indigenous Communities in Mexico Fight Energy Projects
MEXICO CITY, Mar 19 (IPS) – Indigenous farmers on communally owned lands have blocked since 2016 a private solar farm in the southeastern Mexican...
Can room-temperature superconductors work without extreme pressure?
For decades, scientists quested after a room-temperature superconductor. Now that they’ve finally found one, the hunt is on for an even better material. Until...
UNITED NATIONS, Mar 19 (IPS) – The UN will be commemorating World Water Day on Monday March 22.Water is integral to sustainable development, but...
‘Oumuamua may be a chip knocked off an icy, Pluto-like exoplanet
Since its discovery, the interstellar object known as ‘Oumuamua has defied explanation. First spotted in 2017, it has been called an asteroid, a comet...
‘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...
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