Earth's inner core: Nobody knows exactly what it's made of, but now we've started to uncover the truth

The iron-rich core at the center of our planet has been a crucial part of Earth's evolution. The core not only powers the ...

What Happens If Africa Splits Apart?

Africa rests on three tectonic plates that are all moving away from each other and this has already caused some changes that ...
Columbia Journalism Review

Lydia Namubiru on How to Tell the Story of Sudan

But for some readers, the headline on the cover of the magazine’s September print issue—“The War About Nothing”—didn’t sit ...
Rest of World

When Africa’s internet breaks, this ship answers the call

Undersea internet cables are critical in today’s hyperconnected world. The crew of the Léon Thévenin maintains one stretch of ...

Invasive plants are rapidly changing tropic ecosystems across three continents

Invasive species are reshaping ecosystems and local people's relationship with nature in the tropics, a study led by Danish ...
Earth.com

Formation of Earth's continents began much earlier than scientists had proposed

Ancient crystals reveal that Earth began recycling its crust and forming continents billions of years earlier than scientists ...
The Hour

In Africa, a continent full of children, the fates of young and old are intertwined

MAGOGO, Uganda (AP) — A boy scales the trunk of a jackfruit tree, pawing at his prize, yellow and swollen. Down the road, another child runs beside a bicycle tire with a stick, a phalanx of kids ...