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...
Female green tree frogs have noise-canceling lungs that help them hear mates
To find her mate amidst a cacophony of frog croaks, groans, squeaks and trills, a female green tree frog just needs to take a...
Catnip repels insects. Scientists may have finally found out how
A whiff of catnip can make mosquitoes buzz off, and now researchers know why. The active component of catnip (Nepeta cataria) repels insects by...
IBADAN, Nigeria, Mar 04 (IPS) – The following opinion piece is part of series to mark the upcoming International Women’s Day March 8.Africa’s population...
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