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Newly Certified Lead Safe Paints Launched at Philippine World Building and Construction Exposition

14 March 2024, Pasay City/Quezon City.  The thriving paint industry in the Philippines marked another milestone with the launch today of duly certified Lead Safe Paint® (LSP®) products at the Philippine World Building and Construction Exposition, or the WORLDBEX 2024.…

68 scientists Nobel Prize-winner signed a letter against the adjustment of Argentinean science

CCT CONICET Córdoba, grateful for the support of these outstanding scientific personalities, shares the letter to reaffirm its commitment to quality science at the service of the Argentinean people. Sixty-eight world leaders in medicine, chemistry, physics, and economics have signed…

Coastal Cities at High Noon

Antarctica, the massive continent of ice, the size of the continental US and Mexico combined, is breaking apart more and more as a recent scientific expedition discovered unambiguous signals of considerably more danger than previously realized. “The changes to the…

Until the End of the World: a new documentary by Francesco De Augustinis

Many of us have seen and appreciated the documentary “Anthropocene. The Human Era” (Canada 2018) where the disastrous human activities on planet Earth are told in visually striking images. Perhaps we have seen the documentary “Deforestazione” Italy 2019, where the…

Footnotes from the Day of the Integration of Peoples of Latin America and the Caribbean

It was a tearful experience to share with thousands of comrades the intense days of the Day of Peoples’ Integration in Foz do Iguaçu, a milestone that, from its conception, has had the objective and responsibility of transcending the transience…

Generating energy from volcanic heat, a new alternative being explored in Colombia

In Caldas and Casanare, two geothermal energy projects are in the exploration and exploitation phase. This renewable energy has a very low environmental impact but poses significant financial challenges due to the high investment required. VILLAMARÍA, Colombia – The heat…

Vanishing Ice, Vanishing Giants: The Urgent Tale of Polar Bears on International Polar Bear Day

by: Assaf Levy, BioDB   International Polar Bear Day, celebrated on February 27th, highlights the plight of polar bears amidst the melting Arctic ice and climate change. It’s a day that calls for global awareness and action towards preserving these…

Brazil to propose global alliance against hunger and poverty to G20

Brazil will today propose to the G20 a global alliance against hunger and poverty, coinciding with the South American country’s rotating presidency of the group this year. The initiative was proposed by Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva when…

Ravens Are Intelligent, Strategic, And Playful

A “Love for Living Animals” Essay   Edgar Allen Poe’s classic poem,  The Raven, has through generations, led people to know about this bird for the first time. The poem turned Poe from a nobody to an overnight celebrity. Children followed…

African Union bans the export of donkey skins for traditional Chinese medicine

The African Union has decreed a ban for at least 15 years on the trade in donkey skins, the raw material for ejiao, a coveted jelly that traditional Chinese medicine considers an anti-ageing invigorator. The decision, taken in Addis Ababa…