Its emperor Mansa Musa was placed on medieval European maps of Africa with description: "The king is the richest and most noble because his country abounds in gold." Under him, the empire reached its ...

This steely new language was a win in America’s long quest to get its allies to show more solidarity with Taiwan. Yet in the ...

The country’s elimination marks a milestone in Africa’s fight to control and end the disease, the second-leading infectious ...

An ambitious, multinational research project co-led by the University at Buffalo has demonstrated that Earth's biodiversity ...

Introduction The documented benefits of gender parity in leadership are emerging—women leaders have been shown to have a ...

About 17 million people are at risk of gastrointestinal problems due to excessive sulfate levels in groundwater. This alarming finding emerged from the first high-resolution global groundwater sulfate ...

The oldest concoction of poisons ever found has been discovered in an animal corpse – experts have said: 'the application of ...

Just half a degree rise of global warming will triple the size of the area of Earth that is considered to be too hot for ...

Nobody knew what they are, and whether they are only a temporary phenomenon, or if they have been sitting there for millions ...

A recent study by the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) has revealed a startling public health threat: ...

While genetic tests can reveal the ancestry of enslaved individuals, strontium analysis can now home in on where they actually grew up.

A recent study by the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) has revealed a startling public health threat: ...