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

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

Sixty thousand years ago, humans in southern Africa were already mastering nature’s chemistry. Scientists have discovered ...

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 ...

Building the human story based on a few artefacts is tricky – particularly for wooden tools that don’t preserve well, or cave ...

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 ...

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

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

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If we are celebrating Black History Month, which is every day, it should start from the beginning of time. According to the Holy Bible, “the Lord God formed man of dust from the ground and breathed ...

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