Riches in a Bronze Age grave suggest it holds a queen
A lavish Bronze Age burial found in southeastern Spain may hold a queen’s remains, researchers say. This unexpected discovery bolsters suspicions that women wielded...
STOCKHOLM / ROME, Mar 10 (IPS) – On the morning of 22nd February a jeep from the World Food Programme (WFP), followed by another...
A year ago, we asked 6 questions about COVID-19. Here’s how the answers evolved
One year ago, Science News published the first of our Coronavirus Update newsletters. The goal was to provide readers with a quick glimpse into...
A tiny gold ball is the smallest object to have its gravity measured
Even teeny objects obey the law of gravity. A gold ball just 2 millimeters wide, with a mass of about 90 milligrams, is now...
WASHINGTON DC, Mar 10 (IPS) – The three writers are Financial Sector Analysts at the Washington-based Consultative Group to Assist the Poor (CGAP)*The gender...
Malawian Youth Wipe Away Unemployment Tears with Agribusiness
BLANTYRE, Malawi, Mar 10 (IPS) – After getting tired of searching for employment for seven years, Feston Zale from Chileka area in Malawi’s Southern...
An experimental toothpaste aims to treat peanut allergy
Someday it may be possible for people to tackle their food allergies simply by brushing their teeth. A New York City–based company has launched...
The world wasted nearly 1 billion metric tons of food in 2019
The world wasted about 931 million metric tons of food in 2019 — an average of 121 kilograms per person. That’s about 17 percent...
What Africa Expects of New WTO Chief Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
GENEVA, Mar 09 (IPS) – When on 15 February the chair of the World Trade Organization’s (WTO’s) General Council, Ambassador David Walker of New...
Down in Hell
SAN FRANCISCO, Mar 09 (IPS) – I am about 200 feet down a rickety old mine shaft, in the Ashanti gold mining region 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