A stunning new study is challenging the conventional wisdom about Earth’s continents. For years, we’ve been taught that Earth ...

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

He conquered land across three continents, ruled over states from Egypt to modern-day India, and never lost a battle – before ...

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Millions of people from the poor world are trying to cross seas, forests, valleys and rivers, in search of safety, work and ...

Anikó Tóth, lead author of the new research from UNSW, said that Antarctic ice-free lands are home to uniquely adapted flora, several species of arthropods, microbes and to breeding colonies of ...