A new chameleon species may be the world’s tiniest reptile
Hidden beneath the leaf litter of a northern Malagasy forest lives a chameleon so slight that it could tumble off the tip of your...
UN Calls for an ‘Ocean Science Revolution’
UNITED NATIONS, Feb 04 (IPS) – The 2021-2030 initiative hopes to raise funding for ocean science and focus on the sustainable use of marine...
Revoke Patents, Defeat the Pandemic & Deliver Global Justice
NEW DELHI, India, Feb 04 (IPS) – UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres wrote on Twitter: “We must get to work to make sure the vaccine...
Famous brain sketches come to life again as embroideries
In the late 1800s, Santiago Ramón y Cajal, a Spanish brain scientist, spent long hours in his attic drawing elaborate cells. His careful, solitary...
An upwelling of rock beneath the Atlantic may drive continents apart
An upsurge of hot rock from deep beneath the Atlantic Ocean may be driving the continents on either side apart. The Americas are moving...
Water Graves: Nightmare for Mexican Fishermen
MEXICO CITY, Feb 04 (IPS) – All of Erizo’s nightmares are the same. Since his return from the ocean – almost unrecognizable – every...
How a tiny spider uses silk to lift prey 50 times its own weight
A family of spiders can catch prey many times their own weight by hitching silk lines to their quarry and hoisting the meaty prize...
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...
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