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In a dimly lit office in a corner of the French National Institute for Art History, Sudanese archaeologist Shadia Abdrabo ...

On Heard Island, a remote Australian subantarctic island some 4,000 km southwest of Perth, scientists were concerned after ...

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A new study has revealed that successful environmental restoration is dependent on bridging the gap between ecological ...

"Adapt or perish, now as ever, is nature's inexorable imperative," wrote H. G. Wells. This principle—that survival requires ...

One of the most elegant theories about the origins of life on our planet is that it was kick-started by a delivery from outer ...

In a study published in Physical Review Letters, physicists have demonstrated that black holes satisfy the third law of ...

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Across Africa, distance education has become one of the most powerful forces for expanding access to higher learning. Open ...