World’s oldest python fossil unearthed
The discovery of the world’s oldest python fossils on record suggests that these snakes originated in Europe and probably lived alongside boas.
Red Sea oil tanker 4 times as big as Exxon Valdez could spill any day now
A mammoth oil tanker is decaying into the Red Sea, threatening to pollute the water supply of millions of people and the world’s most...
1st wild animal in US infected with SARS-CoV-2 found in Utah
A wild mink just tested positive.
Guilty verdicts in Charlie Hebdo terror trial
A French court found guilty on Wednesday 14 accomplices of the French Islamist militants behind the January 2015 attacks on the Charlie Hebdo satirical...
How a girl’s ‘death mask’ from the 1800s became the face of CPR dolls
The story behind the face of the CPR dummy.
A mink in Utah is the first known case of the coronavirus in a wild animal
A wild American mink in Utah has tested positive for the coronavirus — the first wild animal found to be infected with the virus,...
Lockdown in Chains
Dec 16 (IPS) – Kriti Sharma is a senior disability rights researcher and Shantha Rau Barriga is the disability rights director at Human Rights Watch.Long before the Covid-19...
Energy Efficiency for Developing Countries: Pivoting from Fewer Inputs to More Outputs
WASHINGTON, Dec 16 (IPS) – Energy efficiency (EE) is often marketed as a tool to save energy and money. The oft-repeated mantra is doing...
Taliban team in Pakistan as calls grow for Afghan ceasefire
Author: By KATHY GANNON | AP ID: 1608114144044975000 Wed, 2020-12-16 10:07 ISLAMABAD: A Taliban team, led by the co-founder of the insurgent movement, arrived...
UK still plans to ease coronavirus restrictions on holiday gatherings
Author: AP ID: 1608113751504959500 Wed, 2020-12-16 10:08 LONDON: Britain’s easing of restrictions for family gatherings over Christmas looks like it’s still on despite a...
Ebola: Motorbike riders carrying the sick may hold key to response boost 
Security Council LIVE: Drone strikes and political impasse in Libya 
Shrews’ noses grow in winter as their brains shrink 
Nairobi Biodiversity Talks Set the Stage for Key COP17 Decisions