Geopolitics
Education
New York, May 5 (Just Earth News/IBNS): Almost one quarter of the world’s school-age children – 562 million – live in countries affected by humanitarian emergencies – a new report by the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and partners has revealed. more
Education and reproductive health for girls key to sustainable development – UN

New York, Mar 12 (Just Earth News/IBNS):Investing in adolescent girls – especially in their education and reproductive health and rights – will ensure sustainable development f ...

Twice as many girls as boys will never start school – UNESCO report

New York, Mar 3 (Just Earth News/IBNS): Almost 16 million girls between the ages six and 11 will never get the chance to learn to read or write in primary school compared to about eight mil ...

UN hails launch of 'Day of School Feeding' as vital to Africa's development efforts

New York, Mar 2 (Just Earth News/IBNS): The United Nations joined the African Union Tuesday in hailing African countries on the inaugural "Africa Day of School Feeding," as part of a key st ...

Flying through the Aurora's green fog

California, Feb 25 (IBNS) Expedition 46 flight engineer Tim Peake of the European Space Agency (ESA) shared a stunning image of a glowing aurora taken on Feb. 23 from the International Space ...

NASA Invites Public to send artwork to an Asteroid

California, Feb 20 (Just Earth News/IBNS) NASA is calling all space enthusiasts to send their artistic endeavors on a journey aboard NASA’s Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource ...

NASA introduces new, wider set of eyes on the Universe

California, Feb 19 (IBNS) After years of preparatory studies, NASA is formally starting an astrophysics mission designed to help unlock the secrets of the universe -- the Wide Field Infrared ...

Hubble directly measures rotation of cloudy 'Super-Jupiter'

California, Feb 19 (IBNS) Astronomers using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have measured the rotation rate of an extreme exoplanet by observing the varied brightness in its atmosphere. This i ...

Pluto’s ‘Hulk-like’ Moon Charon: A possible ancient ocean?

California, Feb 19 (IBNS): Pluto’s largest moon may have gotten too big for its own skin.

How a NASA team turned a smartphone into a satellite business

California, Feb 18 (IBNS) Satellites aren’t small or cheap. The Solar Dynamics Observatory launched by NASA in 2010 weighs about 6,800 pounds and cost $850 million to build and put in ...