COVID-19 vaccines may be ready for teens this summer
Encouraging news about COVID-19 vaccines keeps coming. No unusual safety issues arose during the first month of vaccination, when 13.8 million doses of the...
A new laser-based random number generator is the fastest of its kind
By normal standards, the design for a new laser is a total dud. Rather than producing a crisp, steady beam, the laser casts a...
A single male lyrebird can mimic the sound of an entire flock
You might be able to do a mean celebrity impression or two, but can you imitate an entire film’s cast at the same time?...
A Growing Shift in the Narrative about Climate Action
UNITED NATIONS, Feb 25 (IPS) – A keen awareness about the intersection of our ecosystem and the “accelerating destabilisation of the climate” is helping...
UN Peacebuilding Commission must Prioritise Protecting Youth Activists Facing Retaliation
UNITED NATIONS, Feb 25 (IPS) – The United Nations Peacebuilding Commission must prioritise the protection of youth activists who face retaliation from state and...
Lebanon: A Lion Pit for Journalism
BEIRUT, Lebanon, Feb 25 (IPS) – Our deadliest nightmare is back: Political assassinations in Lebanon is back with the horrific murder of Luqman Slim,...
Having more friends may help female giraffes live longer
Grown-up giraffes just aren’t huggy, cuddling, demonstrative animals. So it took identity-recognition software grinding through five years of data to reveal that female social...
NEW YORK, Feb 25 (IPS) – Ambassador Sidi Omar is Frente POLISARIO Representative at the United NationsThe question of Western Sahara, known as Africa’s...
Drug Use is a Health Issue – We Need to Decriminalize
APIA, Samoa, Feb 25 (IPS) – Vulnerable people need support, not stricter lawsEarlier this month, and in December 2020 the Government of Samoa conducted...
Ardi may have been more chimplike than initially thought — or not
One of the earliest known hominids, a 4.4-million-year-old partial skeleton of a female dubbed Ardi, had hands suited for climbing trees and swinging from...
Global Survey Finds Deep Crisis of Trust as Majority Say Economic System Favours the Rich 
These deep-sea spiders give off an otherworldly glow 
These neutrinos from the sun have the lowest energies ever seen 
International Trade Theory Not Developmental