Renewed, More Ambitious Targets of Paris Agreement Needed
UNITED NATIONS, Feb 26 (IPS) – The UNFCCC launched its ‘Climate Action: NDC Scorecard’ on Feb 26. The report assesses countries’ progress in meeting...
Can a COVID-19 vaccine’s second dose be delayed? It’s complicated
Within a couple weeks after a first vaccine dose, people are well protected against severe COVID-19, new data suggest. With demand for shots far...
Solar storms can wreak havoc. We need better space weather forecasts
Since December 2019, the sun has been moving into a busier part of its cycle, when increasingly intense pulses of energy can shoot out...
Money Laundering: the Darker Side of the Worlds Offshore Financial System
UNITED NATIONS, Feb 26 (IPS) – A sign outside a laundry in New York city had a frivolously flippant slogan: “We launder dirty clothes,...
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, Feb 25 (IPS) – The UNAIDS 2020 Global AIDS Update gave us a clear indication why the world did not meet...
Energy Crisis: Tribal Behavior or Quality Decisions Based on Conscious Trade-Offs?
MONTEVIDEO, Feb 25 (IPS) – Marta Jara is Non-Resident Fellow, Institute of the AmericasCrises, as the one we saw across the US and Mexico...
COVID-19 vaccines may be ready for teens this summer
Encouraging news about COVID-19 vaccines keeps coming. No unusual safety issues arose during the first month of vaccination, when 13.8 million doses of the...
A new laser-based random number generator is the fastest of its kind
By normal standards, the design for a new laser is a total dud. Rather than producing a crisp, steady beam, the laser casts a...
A single male lyrebird can mimic the sound of an entire flock
You might be able to do a mean celebrity impression or two, but can you imitate an entire film’s cast at the same time?...
A Growing Shift in the Narrative about Climate Action
UNITED NATIONS, Feb 25 (IPS) – A keen awareness about the intersection of our ecosystem and the “accelerating destabilisation of the climate” is helping...
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