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Mario Vargas Llosa, who died April 12, helped ignite intellectual fervor in Peru, while his writings stoked the imagination of the world.

NAIROBI, Apr 09 (IPS) - The state of food and nutrition security in the Global South masks the great strides and investments made to increase agricultural yields to feed a rapidly growing population. As discussions deepen at the ongoing CGIAR Science Week, plenary discussions on Wednesday (April 9) explored transformative strategies and innovations driving agricultural resilience across Africa, the Caribbean, and…

ESO's Paranal Observatory, in Chile's Atacama Desert, has some of the world's clearest and darkest skies. But a new construction project now threatens them. The post Dark skies of Paranal Observatory in Chile are under threat first appeared on EarthSky.

The fight to legalize the plant used to make cocaine is heating up

A tiger in action. Quiet cranes in stillness. And the chaos of a lizard fight.

A near-Earth asteroid called 2024 YR4 has been closely monitored in the past couple of months as its odds of impacting Earth in 2032 rose to around 3%.

Everything we know about the newest season of Yellowjackets, including where to stream, who's in the cast, and when new episodes are coming out.

With a length of 428 megaparsecs, or around 1.39 billion light-years, the superstructure is the biggest ever spotted.

Readers respond to Michael Schulman's piece on Monica Barbaro, Dhruv Khullar's article on ultra-processed foods and nutrition science, John McPhee's latest installment of "Tabula Rasa," and Jordan Salama's investigation into TikTok-fuelled migration from Ecuador.

We've got award winners, family flicks and some festive holiday fun on this week's watch list.

From charismatic macrofauna to tiny sea squirts, here are some species formally identified by scientists in 2024.

In the UK, Fuels Cells Works reported that AES Chile has submitted the Environmental Impact Study (EIA) for the INNA project, its first industrial-scale green hydrogen and ammonia initiative in Chile. The project, located in Taltal, Antofagasta region, which is in an initial development stage, is aligned with Chile's National Green Hydrogen Strategy. "Although this […]

Climate change may influence seismic activity as melting glaciers reduce pressure on quake-prone faults

Luca Guadagnino makes William S. Burroughs's novella a love story that is sordid, pathetic, affecting, and true.

Layered metal and oxide may finally stand the heat.

The amphibians are at the mercy of mining operations that are destroying their ecosystems, but local communities throughout South America are fighting back

This autumn, Paddington heads to Peru on the big screen. Here, we explore how families can follow in his pawprints both in South America and his adopted home...

From the Great Wall of China to the iconic Taj Mahal, uncover the fascinating histories and cultural significance of the New 7 Wonders of the World.

Only six light-years from the Sun, Barnard b is boiling hot, but the new planet hints are other nearby worlds

Today, an annular solar eclipse will cross over parts of South America, the Pacific Ocean, the Atlantic Ocean, and Antarctica. Watch a livestream here. The post Annular solar eclipse today! See a ring of fire first appeared on EarthSky.