Report: Nature in dangerous decline
Reading Time: < 1 minuteNATURE is coordinator declining globally at rates unprecedented in human history – and the rate of species extinction is accelerating, with grave impacts on people around the world now likely, warns a landmark new report from the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES). The summary of this report was approved at the 7th session of the IPBES Plenary, held recently in Paris. “The overwhelming evidence of the IPBES Global […]
ISAAA appoints M’sian as global coordinator
Reading Time: 6 minutesBY JOSEPH MASILAMANY PETALING JAYA: Malaysian science journalist, Dr Mahaletchumy Arujanan was overwhelmed by mixed feelings when informed of her new role as global coordinator for the International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-biotech Applications (ISAAA). Describing her as a world renowned science communicator, ISAAA’s news portal Crop Biotech Update announced the appointment on May 2. In an immediate reaction to the announcement, Mahaletchumy popularly known as Maha in […]
The Philippines yields new species of early human
Reading Time: 2 minutesAN international team of researchers have uncovered the remains of a new species of human in the Philippines, proving the region played a key role in hominin evolutionary history. The new species, Homo luzonensis is named after Luzon Island, where the more than 50,000-year-old fossils were found during excavations at Callao Cave. Co-author and a lead member of the team, Professor Philip Piper […]