Human-made stuff now outweighs every living thing on Earth
All of the Amazon’s splendid greenery. Every fish in the Pacific. Every microbe underfoot. Every elephant on the plains, every flower, fungus, and fruit-fly...
Your skin should be toxic to ticks. Here’s why it’s not.
A toxin from an ancient bacteria helps ticks survive and transmit Lyme disease to the humans they feed on, a new study finds.
How some ticks protect themselves from deadly bacteria on human skin
Ticks may have reason to be as wary of us as we are of them. Bacteria that are potentially deadly to the bloodsuckers live...
If Your Civic Space is Closed, your Human Rights Dissolve
PARIS, Dec 10 (IPS) – On Human Rights Day, civil society calls for the protection of civic space as a fundamental freedom, as more...
Can Agricultural Apps Bring Indonesia’s Farmers Back to the Fields?
JAKARTA, Dec 10 (IPS) – When his friends prodded him to use an agricultural app in July, rice farmer Mustafa reluctantly downloaded RiTx Bertani...
Solar Power from Argentina’s Puna Highlands Reaches Entire Country
BUENOS AIRES, Dec 10 (IPS) – The unprecedented growth of renewable energies in Argentina over the last three years has borne its greatest fruit:...
BANGKOK, Thailand, Dec 10 (IPS) – The Pacific Island Developing State of Vanuatu has emerged as one of the region’s great success stories. Vanuatu...
Gunmen kill female TV anchor in eastern Afghanistan
Author: Associated Press ID: 1607611092320215800 Thu, 2020-12-10 13:19 KABUL, Afghanistan: Gunmen shot and killed a female TV anchor in eastern Afghanistan early Thursday, officials...
Fragments of energy may be the fundamental building blocks of the universe
Matter is what makes up the universe, but what makes up matter?
NASA’s spacecraft spots China’s Chang’e 5 lander on the moon
NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter captured an image of China’s Chang’e 5 lander on the moon just hours after its historic landing.
A new treatment could restore some mobility in people paralyzed by strokes 
What has Perseverance found in two years on Mars? 
This robot automatically tucks its limbs to squeeze through spaces 
Greta Thunberg’s new book urges the world to take climate action now