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West Africa's Atlantic margin, particularly the MSGBC basin, is experiencing a resurgence in oil and gas exploration interest due to its promising Cretaceous geology and the need for new supply, ...

Yet despite its apparent absurdity, its journey is a reminder of how few modern boats ply African waterways, and how much ...

NEW DELHI – For thousands of years, Harappa, Mohenjo-Daro, and Lothal, the great cities of the Indus Valley Civilization, were the center of one of the world’s earliest and most advanced urban ...

The South African government briefly held, then released, two US government employees on assignment in South Africa as part of the Trump administration’s bid to admit Afrikaners to the United States, ...

When US President Bill Clinton signed the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) into law 25 years ago, the fledgling “trade not aid” programme promised economic growth, diversification and ...

The year's most exciting discoveries included the site where a young George Washington stopped a friendly fire incident, the ...

A massive 13-ft great white shark nicknamed Goodall has been tracked off the New York–New Jersey coast, rivaling Contender, the largest ever tagged in the Atlantic. OCEARCH founder Chris Fischer says ...

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The Great Filter theory suggests that advanced civilizations may never survive long enough to spread through the stars, raising the question of humanity’s fate. Trump officials restrict top ratings ...

Few professionals suffer more from ageism than athletes. Heaven forfend an NFL star or an Olympian become 40ish on the field of play. That’s known as “staying too long” and “tainting their legacy.” ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCIV) — The ocean’s most formidable predators are often found just off the South Carolina coast this time of year. Great white sharks favor winter conditions along the coast, and one ...