“Prevention is the best and only cure” to stem the multiple, devastating and enduring consequences faced by survivors of sexual violence in conflict, especially...
A so-called “Rewards for Justice” programme in the United States is violating the human rights of some of the individuals it targets, independent UN...
UN to launch funding appeal for Saint Vincent and the Grenadines following volcano eruption
The UN is set to launch a funding appeal to support Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, where ongoing volcanic “explosions” continue to disrupt life...
‘Monkeydactyl’ may be the oldest known creature with opposable thumbs
Future Jurassic Park films could feature one weird new beast in the menagerie: a pterosaur nicknamed Monkeydactyl for its opposable thumbs. This flying reptile...
The Cabo Delgado region in northern Mozambique is staring at a “large and likely long-lasting” humanitarian crisis, with nearly a third of its population...
Ecological Cookstoves Help Preserve El Salvador’s Coastal Mangroves
SAN LUIS LA HERRADURA, El Salvador, Apr 14 (IPS) – A score of coastal communities in El Salvador are staking their bets on sustainable...
A coronavirus epidemic may have hit East Asia about 25,000 years ago
An ancient coronavirus, or a closely related pathogen, triggered an epidemic among ancestors of present-day East Asians roughly 25,000 years ago, a new study...
‘First Steps’ shows how bipedalism led humans down a strange evolutionary path
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STEM’s racial, ethnic and gender gaps are still strikingly large
Efforts to promote equity and inclusion in science, technology, engineering and math have a long way to go, a new report suggests. Over the...
Profound Reform or Redundancy United Nations’ Quandary?
GENEVA, Apr 13 (IPS) – Three recent developments bring about again the reasoning on the dire need to immediately reform the United Nations (UN)...
Light is hard to block from every direction. This physicist found a way 
Egypt: Fact-checking site’s entire newsroom jailed as assault on press freedom widens 
Nearly 64,000 flee Nigeria for Niger where a humanitarian crisis is deepening 
Ebola: IOM urges wider surveillance beyond formal routes in DR Congo