You may not know it, but right now there's a huge cosmic rave party happening far, far above our heads. The chief party goers are known as supermassive black holes. These mysterious objects can have ...

National Geographic Explorer Paul Salopek began his continent-spanning walk in Ethiopia in January 2013. Since then, his Out of Eden Walk, tracing humankind's journey out of Africa, has crossed 21 ...

With performance and participation, cricket in Nigeria hopes to shape people, their mindsets and value systems ...

Some parts of the UK could see temperatures soar to 12C this week after the country was hit by an Arctic blast that caused freezing conditions, weather maps show. The cold spell is coming to an ...

WXCHARTS weather maps have turned purple and white indicating that snow and freezing conditions will once again smash into the UK. The latest big freeze is expected to start at 6am on Friday ...

If Cape Town successfully deals with its complex and escalating sewage problem, it could provide a roadmap for other cities.

The president-elect said he covets Greenland for its size. He could be misinterpreting it based on well-known mapping ...

Parts of Britain could be left out in the cold without a single snowflake, despite the Met Office's flurry of warnings for heavy snow across other regions. Weather charts from WXCharts suggest ...

There, among a growing number of returnees like them, they feel like they belong. “I am an African woman, just because how do we identify who we are? You look at your skin. So I didn’t need ...

Up to a half of Big Lots stores will be saved after it agreed to a transaction with Gordon Brothers Retail Partner that enables the transfer of Big Lots assets. The close-out retailer, which filed ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ... on her father’s lap as he held the 1978 album “Africa Stand Alone” by the Jamaican reggae band Culture.

Their family relocated to Ghana from Florida and have obtained Ghanaian citizenship. (AP Photo/Misper Apawu) African books sit on the bookshelf at the Keachia Bowers and Damon Smith’s family home in ...