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Pope Francis smashed the stereotypical profile for a pontiff, becoming the Catholic Church's first leader from the Americas ...
Titanic: The Digital Resurrection, a new National Geographic documentary streaming on Disney+, tells the story of the effort. It is the largest underwater 3D scan ever made, amounting to 16 ...
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Is it Time to Redraw the Map of Africa?
For generations, students, leaders, and media audiences around the globe have gazed at maps that lie—maps that diminish ...
Global demand for arable land is rising, making Africa a key target for large-scale acquisitions to tackle food and energy challenges.
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Berene Sauls, whose elegant Burgundian-style pinot noir sells for more than £40, began working as an au pair in one of South Africa’s most ... of Food by National Geographic Traveller (UK).
“Geography has history. Africa’s misrepresentation on world maps is not just a cartographic error—it’s a narrative issue,” says Moky Makura, Executive Director of Africa No Filter.
Much has been made of Africa’s gaming landscape in recent years, with it seen as being on the rise from a player perspective, but the same cannot be said of African game developers. We hear ...
Yet, of the human genomes studied so far, only 2% have been those of Africans. Yemaachi Biotech company in Ghana is addressing that through its Africa Cancer Atlas, partnering with groups across ...
Not all at Oxford shared his point of view; it was alleged that the study of maps smacked of ... of the first School of Geography with Mackinder as its Director. Along with all of this he was mountain ...
That’s why researchers hope these newly created maps – constructed using high-resolution surveys, depth and seabed composition data alongside specialised video and photography – will help to continue ...
An armed Ethiopia-Eritrea conflict could trigger a regional war, potentially altering East Africa’s borders[1]. Angola plays a key role in eastern Congo’s ongoing conflict, stemming from its own ...