How Technology Reproduces & Amplifies Harassment & Abuse of Women Journalists
UNITED NATIONS, Mar 19 (IPS) – “Email and social media access attempts, extremely aggressive comments, photo montages, massive defamation and intimidation campaigns on WhatsApp....
Indigenous Communities in Mexico Fight Energy Projects
MEXICO CITY, Mar 19 (IPS) – Indigenous farmers on communally owned lands have blocked since 2016 a private solar farm in the southeastern Mexican...
Can room-temperature superconductors work without extreme pressure?
For decades, scientists quested after a room-temperature superconductor. Now that they’ve finally found one, the hunt is on for an even better material. Until...
UNITED NATIONS, Mar 19 (IPS) – The UN will be commemorating World Water Day on Monday March 22.Water is integral to sustainable development, but...
‘Oumuamua may be a chip knocked off an icy, Pluto-like exoplanet
Since its discovery, the interstellar object known as ‘Oumuamua has defied explanation. First spotted in 2017, it has been called an asteroid, a comet...
‘The Code Breaker’ tells the story of CRISPR pioneer Jennifer Doudna
The Code BreakerWalter IsaacsonSimon & Schuster, $35 With the slightest touch, the fernlike vine known as sleeping grass folds over on itself, like a...
Achieving Gender Equality for Women’s Re-entry to the Labour Force Post COVID-19
BONN,Germany, Mar 18 (IPS) – During the height of the COVID-19 lockdowns, while many sought safety being at home, women in the healthcare, child...
UN Sanitizes Killings of Children in Armed Conflicts
UNITED NATIONS, Mar 19 (IPS) – The horrendous killings of children in military conflicts and civil wars – both by national armed forces and...
LONDON, Mar 19 (IPS) – The writer is Senior Policy Analyst for WaterAid The UN will be commemorating World Water Day on Monday...
AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine isn’t tied to blood clots, experts say
AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine is not associated with an increased risk of blood clots, the European Medicines Agency announced March 18. That’s the conclusion of...
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