The African National Congress’s Foundation Day on January 8 offers a moment to reflect on its pivotal role in ending ...

There has never been trouble with traditional female circumcision without outside foreign interference. Then suddenly ...

A hotspot that now lies in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean was once under the Great Lakes, and may explain why they formed ...

Climate change has made great swaths of the planet drier and soils saltier, jeopardizing food production and water access for ...

Heraklion From its yacht-decorated Venetian harbour to its lofty walled bastions, Crete’s capital rewards wanderers, and the ...

Continents and oceans have scientific definitions that underpin international law. The idea of dividing the world into ...