Why do sea turtles, penguins and sharks sometimes just swim in circles or spirals?
Marine science has its own crop circle mysteries. Sea turtles, sharks, penguins and even whales sometimes just go circular, swimming around and around in...
Here’s what makes 4 promising COVID-19 vaccines unique — and potentially useful
Barely a year after the World Health Organization declared the coronavirus outbreak a pandemic, 11 vaccines worldwide have been granted emergency use authorization or...
SYDNEY and KUALA LUMPUR, Mar 23 (IPS) – At least 85 poor countries will not have significant access to coronavirus vaccines before 2023. Unfortunately,...
Human Rights Groups Demand an end to Myanmar Militarys Crackdown on Journalists
UNITED NATIONS, Mar 22 (IPS) – Two human rights groups have called on the military in Myanmar to release journalists arbitrarily jailed and allow...
AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine is 79 percent effective in a U.S. trial
The coronavirus vaccine developed by AstraZeneca and the University of Oxford was effective at preventing COVID-19 symptoms, a clinical trial of more than 30,000...
Water Governance and Data Collection is Key to Reach Development Goals
UNITED NATIONS, Mar 22 (IPS) – Prioritising water governance and ensuring data collection and investment in groundwater use around the world are some of...
GENEVA, Mar 22 (IPS) – It’s now almost three months since the United Kingdom entered into a new trade agreement with the European Union....
The UN Food Systems Summit: How Not to Respond to the Urgency of Reform
NEW YORK, Mar 22 (IPS) – At a critical juncture on the road to the UN Food Systems Summit, three UN rights experts warn...
Carbon-ring molecules tied to life were found in space for the first time
Complex carbon-bearing molecules that could help explain how life got started have been identified in space for the first time. These molecules, called polycyclic...
New drugs that block a brain chemical are game changers for some migraine sufferers
Hayley Gudgin of Sammamish, Wash., got her first migraine in 1991 when she was a 19-year-old nursing student. “I was convinced I was having...
Inside the New York ‘time machine’ racing to save a century of sound and film 
Two Summits in Bangkok: IMF/World Bank and Finance Ministers Inside, the People’s Assembly Outside 
CHINA: ‘My Sister Has Been in a Chinese Prison for Eight Years Because I Exercised My Freedom of Speech’ 
COP17: The world has a plan to save nature. Is it working?