A new iron-based catalyst converts carbon dioxide into jet fuel
Today, airplanes pump a lot of climate-warming carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. But someday, carbon dioxide sucked from the atmosphere could be used to...
Moon has way (way) more craters than we thought
Scientists found over 109,000 previously unidentified impact craters on the moon using artificial intelligence and data from China’s lunar orbiters, creating the largest crater...
A Decade after the Arab Spring, Tunisia Fails to Keep up with the Process of Democratisation
NEW DELHI, India, Dec 22 (IPS) – Ten years ago a young street vendor, Mohamed Bouazizi set himself afire in the central Tunisian provincial...
The cultural moments that defined 2020
It was an unusual year marked by unusual events: an unprecedented global pandemic, youth-led protest movements, impassioned Black Lives Matter demonstrations, a divisive US...
What’s causing rare allergic reactions to Pfizer’s vaccine?
Several severe allergic reactions that were reported among hundreds of thousands of people vaccinated with the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine last week.
British man becomes viral sensation after interview with CNN
CNN’s Cyril Vanier catches up with 91-year-old Martin Kenyon, who became an overnight sensation after speaking to CNN when he took his first dose...
Rumors of a ‘murder hornet’ apocalypse may have been exaggerated
As if 2020 needed an extra disaster, the year also brought us “murder hornets.” When two Asian giant hornets (Vespa mandarinia) were spotted in...
2 people die in shark attacks. How unusual is this?
Separate shark attacks in Hawaii and the eastern Caribbean leave two people dead. Experts say tragedies like this are rare relative to the number...
Empowering Women through Wisdom
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, Dec 22 (IPS) – During the COVID 19 lockdown in Sri Lanka, seven women from diverse religious and ethnic backgrounds came...
Doctors heard music when checking a man’s pulse. Here’s why.
In addition to the thump thump of the man’s heart, doctors heard music when checking his pulse.
Nairobi Biodiversity Talks Set the Stage for Key COP17 Decisions 
Indigenous Peoples Call for Meaningful Influence in Climate Discussions — Nia Tero 
What Spider-Man gets right — and wrong — about turning off superpowers 
Yemen: Türk alarmed by rising civilian toll, urges restraint