GENEVA, Feb 11 (IPS) – WHO and UNICEF have a long, deep and very special relationship. Neither of us could do what we do...
Food Systems Need to Change to Promote Healthy Choices and Combat Obesity
Feb 10 (IPS) – COVID-19 has had a devastating impact on people with obesity and noncommunicable diseases such as diabetes. The pandemic has underlined...
Humans made a horn out of a conch shell about 18,000 years ago
Ancient Europeans made a horn out of a large seashell and blew musical notes out of it roughly 18,000 years ago, a new study...
A drop in CFC emissions puts the hole in the ozone layer back on track to closing
Good news for the ozone layer: After a recent spike in CFC-11 pollution, emissions of this ozone-destroying chemical are on the decline. Emissions of...
A reeking, parasitic plant lost its body and much of its genetic code
For most of their lives, plants in the Sapria genus are barely anything — thin ribbons of parasitic cells winding inside vines in Southeast...
Forgotten Conflicts 2021: When Will the Crisis in the Central African Republic End?
BANGUI, Central African Republic, Feb 09 (IPS) – Last October, an ICRC medical team helped a woman deliver a baby boy in the bush...
To Prevent Another Civil War South Sudan Must Create a New, Unique Political System
BONN, Germany, Feb 10 (IPS) – The threat of a full-blown civil war in South Sudan remains unless the country’s leaders can broaden power...
Kim is Waiting for Joe But for How Long?
DUISBURG, Germany, Feb 10 (IPS) – Herbert Wulf was Director of the Bonn International Center for Conversion (BICC), from its beginning in 1994 until...
Labour Rights Have Worsened in India Post-Lockdown
NEW DELHI, Feb 09 (IPS) – As the Indian economy officially heads into a recession and news of layoffs and unemployment reaches us with...
‘Designer molecules’ could create tailor-made quantum devices
Quantum bits made from “designer molecules” are coming into fashion. By carefully tailoring the composition of molecules, researchers are creating chemical systems suited to...
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