History is often taught as if serious art followed a single European arc—from classical Greek sculpture to Renaissance ...

Since their domestication, horses have changed the course of human history. It’s no wonder the Chinese zodiac associates them with prosperity and success ...

In this unusually eventful — mostly not in good ways — year for higher education, it’s salutary to be reminded how much good ...

Feature / With its cobalt and lithium mines, Congo is powering a new energy revolution. It contains both the worst horrors of modern metal extraction—and the seeds of a more moral economics. Nicolas ...

The three new volumes in the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) General History of Africa series mark a deliberate shift toward an Afrocentric reading of the ...

In the landscape of 20th-century intellectualism, few figures ignited as much fervor or faced as much scrutiny as Dr. Yosef ...

EVs are getting cheaper and more common all over the world. But the technology still faces major challenges in some markets, including many countries in Africa. Some regions across the continent still ...

Proof that ancient civilizations were possibly more advanced than us. Alex Pretti spotted on camera moments before fatal shooting in Minneapolis Enormous freshwater reservoir discovered off the East ...

In a cave overlooking the ocean on the southern coast of South Africa, archaeologists discovered thousands of stone tools, created by ancient humans roughly 20,000 years ago. By examining tiny details ...

Africa dominated global trade routes between 1000 and 1500, but a silent collapse wiped this commercial empire from history.

We show how this "cosmic clock" uncovers the evolution of rivers, coasts and habitats.

A series of satellite images has uncovered long-lost rivers that some researchers are sure pinpoint the location of the ...