Last November Sierra Leone was declared Ebola free. By then, the epidemic had killed over 11,000 people in West Africa. The speed at which it took...

More than half the world speaks more than one language. New research is showing that being multilingual has some surprising advantages – it can help...

More than half of the world's people speak more than one language. Some people may have been forced to learn a language at school or had to pick up...

Humans have been altering animals for millennia. We select the most docile livestock, the most loyal dogs, to breed the animals we need. This...

In the spring of 1667 Samuel Pepys queued repeatedly with crowds of Londoners and waited for hours just to catch a glimpse of aristocrat writer and...

In 1864 a strange type of rock fell from the sky above Orgueil in rural France. Shocked and frightened locals collected pieces of the peculiar, peaty...

The majority of white and black rhinoceros are found in South Africa. This stronghold for these magnificent creatures is now being threatened by...

Will Einstein’s successors be African? It’s very likely - and some of them will be women.

Back in 2008 South African physicist Neil Turok gave a...

As the world’s population grows and the climate challenges our ability to grow crops, how can agriculture provide enough food? Can we get more from...

As the world’s population grows and the climate challenges our ability to grow crops, how can agriculture provide enough food? Can we get more from...