NOAA predicts above-average Atlantic hurricane season

There will be 14-20 named storms in the remainder of the season, out of which 6-10 would likely become hurricanes and 3-5 could turn into major …

Undercover investigations expose wildlife killing contests in the US

Welcome to the cruel world of wildlife killing contests, family events where children play amidst piles of slaughtered animals — and legal …

World economy in 2021: here’s who will win and who will lose

The big winners are likely to be countries like China and South Korea that succeeded in suppressing COVID-19 early

Where does the world stand 4 months into COVID-19?

It has learnt at a deadly cost that inequality in development has the power to make a health emergency into a long-term problem  

Is America redeeming itself vis-à-vis its First Nations?

The country appointed its first Native American poet laureate and apologised for the genocide of aborigines in its largest and richest state on …

Dietary supplements don’t reduce risk of death due to heart disease, cancer: study

Vitamins and minerals obtained directly from food are better than artificial supplements, it says

USA v World species

While the world's species pay the price for USA's extravagant consumption patterns, biodiversity in the country remains largely safe

World e-domination partnership

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Conservatives in US Supreme Court deal blow to climate action 

Joe Biden administration’s efforts to decarbonise economy held hostage by Republican majority in Supreme Court

Humanitarian crisis in Haiti as the Caribbean’s most populous country may have fallen to armed gangs

Capital Port-au-Prince a ‘city under siege’ as US Marines reportedly evacuate embassy staff  

Global economy 2023: How governments could make the energy crisis worse this year

We can expect another turbulent year in energy markets in 2023

‘COVID-19 herd immunity unlikely to slow transmission in coming months’

Expect third wave in the US in winter

Climate Emergency CoP 25: Equity should be a practical necessity, not a moral nicety

Richest 10 per cent population produces half of Earth’s fossil-fuel emissions

Superbugs found in pork products in Walmart US

9 of the 16 Walmart batches tested contained at least one multi-drug-resistant bacteria

Yellowstone’s solution to its excess bison problem: Capture and send them for slaughter

Park officials will capture 600-900 of the animals this winter and ship them

Negotiations in Montreal Protocol move at a slow pace

Parties start discussion on core challenges in a more focused way

Water’s ways

Study confirms link between rainfall and riverbed erosion

The Monarch’s ways

Art>> Butterfly • Mexico/USA

Life crashed into Earth?

Researchers provide evidence that rocks may have carried microbes across planets

A worthy goal

Soccer>> Homeless • Mexico

Lab on a printout

Adhesive modifies regular paper into diagnostic test kit

Power punch

Bismuth improves storage capacity of iron batteries

Silk route to preservation

Protein in fibre can replace expensive ways to store drugs

Mind your tongue

Language>> public Places • The US

Our own microbe catalogue

First genetic map of the microbes found in a healthy human body