An ancient Egyptian mummy was wrapped in an unusual mud shell
An unusual mud-wrapped mummy is leading archaeologists to rethink how nonroyal Egyptians preserved their dead. CT scans of an Egyptian mummy from around 1,200...
GENEVA, Feb 03 (IPS) – Saber Azam is a former United Nations official who served with UNHCR and DPKO in key positions in Europe,...
Myanmar Looks Back in Fear and Anger after Military Coup
YANGON, Myanmar, Feb 03 (IPS) – As night fell on Tuesday, the second day of the military coup in Myanmar, two familiar scenes were...
Nepal Struggles to Preserve Its Indigenous Languages as Those Speaking Them Dwindle
KATMANDU, Feb 03 (IPS) – At last count Nepal had 129 spoken languages, but even as new ones are identified, others are becoming extinct....
Einstein’s theory of general relativity unveiled a dynamic and bizarre cosmos
Albert Einstein’s mind reinvented space and time, foretelling a universe so bizarre and grand that it has challenged the limits of human imagination. An...
Top 10 science anniversaries to celebrate in 2021
Centuries from now, 2021 will be celebrated as an anniversary year most noted for getting rid of 2020. It will be less remembered as...
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, Feb 03 (IPS) – Access to COVID-19 vaccines for many developing countries and most of their people will have to wait...
As Army Takes Over, Fear and Uncertainty Grip Myanmar Citizens
HYDERABAD, Feb 02 (IPS) – Yangon resident Ni Ni Aye walked to her office yesterday morning. A couple of hours before, the army had...
The Milky Way’s newfound high-energy glow hints at the secrets of cosmic rays
The Milky Way glows with a gamma ray haze, with energies vastly exceeding anything physicists can produce on Earth, according to a new paper....
NEW YORK, Feb 02 (IPS) – Azza Karam is the Secretary General of Religions for Peace, and Professor of Religion and Development at the...
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