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Banda Run is a place where history meets legend, where traditional ships still sail past live volcanoes to a forgotten island that once changed the world.

principal calendar system, mainly used in Ethiopia and Eritrea

stone that is normally covered by a body of water but exposed during periods of drought

The search for a Fountain of Youth has driven humankind down some strange avenues of inquiry. But there may be none stranger than the work of Dr. Serge...

McCartney III ("III" being stylised on the front cover as the three dots of a die) is the 18th solo album by English musician Paul McCartney, released on 18 December 2020 by Capitol Records. It serves as a continuation to his solo albums McCartney (1970)…

Jon Wilde: It's 20 years since the jazz legend passed away. We remember a man who cooked well, dressed better and had some choice words for Nancy Reagan

At Agbogbloshie, young people scavenge for scrap metal amid the smoke from plastics fires. The health risks are obvious – but the money is too good to ignore

This summary and accompanying memos were prepared for Government Operations Committee Chairman Jack Brooks for committee meetings held on July 19, 1978. The committee was considering H.R. 13500, the Presidential Records Act (PRA), legislation that would prescribe…

New Zealand's soldiers who were hired out as extras for the film of The Lord of the Rings have been paid a wage of just 74p an hour

In an example of human natural selection, Asia's Bajau people have evolved bigger spleens for diving.

American illusionist and extreme performer

executed Chinese serial killer and criminal

human settlement in Bibbona, Province of Livorno, Tuscany, Italy

Guitarist Moss Hills helped evacuate a sinking cruise liner after some of the crew jumped ship

A word like Huh?–used as a repair initiator when, for example, one has not clearly heard what someone just said– is found in roughly the same form and function in spoken languages across the globe. We investigate it in naturally occurring conversations in…

American businessman and philanthropist

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A canine castaway lost at sea has been reunited with her owners after spending five months living off wild goats and koalas on an island off the central Queensland coast.