Need to keep cockatoos out of your trash? Try bricks, sticks or shoes
Human trash can be a cockatoo’s treasure. In Sydney, the birds have learned how to open garbage bins and toss trash around in the...
How living in a pandemic distorts our sense of time
Time hasn’t made much sense since spring 2020 for many people, myself included. In February 2020, during the Before Times, my family traveled to...
Can’t comb your kid’s hair? This gene may be to blame
The flurry of frizzy-hair e-mails began in 2016. Human geneticist Regina Betz of University Hospital Bonn in Germany and her team had just linked...
‘Solutions lie in solidarity’ UN chief says on South-South Cooperation Day
In this era of unprecedented challenge and upheaval, “solutions lie in solidarity,” the UN chief said in his message commemorating United Nations Day for...
BANGKOK / BEIJING, Sep 12 (IPS) – The world today faces a future that is in peril. Our challenges have become more complex and...
2022 marks the tenth anniversary of the UN-run Za’atari refugee camp in Jordan. It is the largest in the Middle East – and one...
UN chief sees ‘great heights’ of human endurance and heroism amid ‘climate carnage’ in Pakistan
Secretary-General António Guterres on Saturday reiterated that the needs in flood-ravaged Pakistan are enormous and called for massive and urgent financial support, as he...
From the Field: Black pigs, green tea, and pink orchids – preserving China’s natural resources
China has a dizzying range of rich natural resources. The country is home to 10 per cent of all known plant species, and 14...
Shelling in the Ukrainian city of Enerhodar is putting the embattled Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) at risk, the head of the International Atomic...
In flood-hit Pakistan, Guterres appeals for ‘massive’ global support, tougher action on climate change
UN Secretary-General António Guterres arrived in Pakistan on Friday to show solidarity with the people of the country following the loss of life and...
A new treatment could restore some mobility in people paralyzed by strokes 
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This robot automatically tucks its limbs to squeeze through spaces 
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