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The Rise of Russia’s African Empire
Africa is no longer a peripheral arena—it’s becoming a central platform for Moscow’s global strategy. The West should beware.
How activity in Earth's mantle led the ancient ancestors of elephants, giraffes, and humans into Asia and Africa
What roils beneath Earth's surface may feel a world away, but the activity can help forge land masses that dictate ocean circulation, climate patterns, and even animal activity and evolution. In fact, ...
Nation1d
Ambassador Cherwon: East Africa, peace in the region close to Pope Francis’s heart
Pope emphasised the need to tackle the major problems affecting the world, particularly climate change and armed conflict.
Study Finds on MSN4d
Earth’s Magnetic Field Once Collapsed. Humans Survived. Here’s How
Did ancient sunscreen and sewing needles save humanity? In a nutshell 41,000 years ago, Earth’s magnetic field weakened to ...
Ancient funerals may have included a ritual feast on a giant bird
Ancient humans living about 15,000 years ago in present day Morocco may have ritualistically feasted on some of the world’s ...
All That's Interesting on MSN5d
Scientists Uncover A Prehistoric Predator In Africa That Had Three Pairs Of Fangs
The bones he encountered belonged to a newly named species, Simbakubwa kutokaafrika, which is part of the hyaenodonts’ family ...
Scotland hit by THREE earthquakes in hours as residents’ homes rocked by tremors
An EARTHQUAKE has struck in Perthshire for the third time in a day. The first quake at Balintyre, west of Aberfeldy, was logged at 6.50am today and measured 1.8 magnitude. The tremor was followed ...
eLife18d
Reconstructing the phylogeny and evolutionary history of freshwater fishes (Nemacheilidae) across Eurasia since early Eocene
The biogeographic reconstruction of Nemacheilidae considered 11 geographic regions within Eurasia and northeast Africa. The results show that Nemacheilidae ... More details are given in Fig. 6. The ...
eLife18d
Reconstructing the evolutionary history of freshwater fishes (Nemacheilidae) across Eurasia since early Eocene
The biogeographic reconstruction of Nemacheilidae considered 11 geographic regions within Eurasia and northeast Africa. The results show that Nemacheilidae ... history of Nemacheilidae. The inset map ...
Nature20d
Rare ancient DNA from Sahara opens a window on the region’s verdant past
They showed that Takarkori pastoralists are more similar to this individual than to any from sub-Saharan Africa. Previous work has shown that, as H. sapiens spread into Eurasia, they sometimes ...
Space.com21d
Night sky, April 2025: What you can see tonight [maps]
Observing the night sky can be done with no special equipment, although a sky map can be very useful ... Skywatchers in Europe and Africa will see the moon below or passing through the cluster ...
Foreign Affairs21d
The Pivot of History
Probably few who read the lecture in 1904 guessed that Figure 5, bearing the caption "The Natural Seats of Power," would become one of the most famous maps of our time ... Americas on the edge of each ...