Atomic clocks take a step toward redefining the second
A new measurement moves scientists closer to revamping how we keep time. After scientists redefined the unit of mass, the kilogram, in 2019, they...
Centering Equity: A Vision for Global Health in 2021
DEHRADUN, India/OXFORD, UK, Mar 24 (IPS) – 2020 will be remembered as the year that changed the world, as COVID-19 spared no country, no...
A new black hole image reveals the behemoth’s magnetic fields
Astronomers have gotten their first glimpse of the magnetic fields tangled around a black hole. The Event Horizon Telescope has unveiled the magnetism of...
The dark matter mystery deepens with the demise of a reported detection
First of two parts In mystery stories, the chief suspect almost always gets exonerated before the end of the book. Typically because a key...
Hope & Numbers: What will it take to Tip the Scales on Climate Action?
AMSTERDAM, the Netherlands, Mar 24 (IPS) – The writer is International Climate Political Advisor at Greenpeace InternationalWe should be well on the way to...
Dim lighting may raise the risk of a West Nile virus exposure
Don’t dim the lights. A survey using more than 6,000 chickens across Florida shows that low levels of light pollution may increase the risk...
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...
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