While most gut microbiome research focuses on high-income countries, a groundbreaking study led by two scientists from South ...

A research team from the Aerospace Information Research Institute (AIR) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has released ...

For generations, students, leaders, and media audiences around the globe have gazed at maps that lie—maps that diminish Africa’s size and, along with it, its place in the world. But a new ...

Common projections shrink the size of Africa, but experts have long debated whether creating a precise map is possible.

In a recent paper I explored the use of maps that have been created of Africa showing China's projects across the continent. I argue that, by overlaying Chinese flags on maps depicting Africa and ...

The map will help archaeologists, conservation scientists, and forensics experts match artifacts and plant, animal, and human remains found at locations around the world back to their most likely ...

A little-known element is shedding light on the transatlantic slave trade. Researchers have assembled a map of strontium, a naturally occurring element, across sub-Saharan Africa. These data can ...