Across Africa, the price of a single litre of petrol can determine whether families eat, whether markets open, or whether a ...

Had one hoped to leave a time capsule for today’s Bostonians in the Permian period 250 million years ago, much less the Pliocene epoch four million years ago , they would have been completely, utterly ...

A ridiculous but instructive thought experiment involving deep time, plate tectonics, erosion and the slow death of the sun ...

Lydia Polgreen speaks to the former New York Times bureau chief Howard W. French about the cost of not engaging with Africa.

Picture this: you’re planning your perfect beach vacation, scrolling through crystal-clear waters and pristine shores. Then ...

The Senate passed legislation Monday to reopen the government, bringing the longest shutdown in U.S. history closer to an end as a small group of mostly Democrats ratified a deal with Republicans, ear ...

Scientist James Watson, who shared a Nobel prize for helping discover the double-helix shape of the DNA molecule, has died.

Hundres of from Greenpeace Africa volunteers form a giant human Africa map banner, calling for taxing of the super-rich ahead ...

A new interactive map reveals the Roman road network, linking Ancient Greece with the empire and shaping trade, travel, and ...

Researchers created an interactive map which lets users see how the ancient network crisscrossed the Empire, from Africa and ...