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...
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...
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