South Africa: Ancient Human DNA From a South African Rock Shelter Sheds Light On 10,000 Years of History

[ad_1] Oakhurst rock shelter is an archaeological site near the town of George on the southern coast of South Africa. It is set into a sandstone cliff above a stream in a valley forested by towering old yellowwood trees. Archaeologists first started excavating Oakhurst in the 1930s. What makes the site special is the record of human occupation there, which spans 12,000 years. Not only have rock art, stone tools and ceramic fragments been found there, but also the remains […]

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Africa

Africa: In Memoriam – Elleni Centime Zeleke’s Tizita

[ad_1] Debating Ideas reflects the values and editorial ethos of the African Arguments book series, publishing engaged, often radical, scholarship, original and activist writing from within the African continent and beyond. It offers debates and engagements, contexts and controversies, and reviews and responses flowing from the African Arguments books. It is edited and managed by the International African Institute, hosted at SOAS University of London, the owners of the book series of the same name. When we were asked to […]

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Japan

Iran’s Khamenei warned Nasrallah of Israeli plot to kill him, sources say

[ad_1] DUBAI/BEIRUT – Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei warned Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah to flee Lebanon days before he was killed in an Israeli strike and is now deeply worried about Israeli infiltration of senior government ranks in Tehran, three Iranian sources said. In the immediate aftermath of the attack on Hezbollah's booby-trapped pagers on Sept. 17, Khamenei sent a message with an envoy to beseech the Hezbollah secretary […]

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Japan

Upstart Tigers continue stunning run by sweeping Astros

[ad_1] Andy Ibanez smashed a three-run double in the eighth inning to help the Detroit Tigers defeat the Houston Astros 5-2 to advance to the American League Division Series.Detroit swept the best-of-three AL Wild Card Series to reach a second-round matchup against the Cleveland Guardians, who host the opener on Saturday.The upstart Tigers, who had not reached the playoffs since 2014 and had not won a playoff series since 2013, […]

October 3, 2024

Japan

‘Super Happy Forever’: Melancholy romance makes most of fleeting happiness

[ad_1] Kohei Igarashi’s “Super Happy Forever” is bitter and sweet, in that order. It’s a love story that starts at the unhappy end and then flips back to the beginning. That might sound like a recipe for ruefulness, yet this isn’t a bummer in the vein of nonlinear romantic dramas such as Derek Cianfrance’s “Blue Valentine” (2010). Rather, it’s a reminder that our past happinesses still count for something, even […]

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Africa

Drought hits hydro-powered Kariba Dam

[ad_1] BBC / Kennedy GondweKariba Dam was built in a gorge between Zambia and Zimbabwe holding back the Zambezi River to create a man-made lake Despite having the mighty Zambezi River and the massive hydro-powered Kariba Dam, Zambia is currently grappling with the worst electricity blackouts in living memory.The crisis is so severe that cities and towns across the country are sometimes without electricity for three consecutive days, with people […]

October 3, 2024

Africa

Inside a hospital on the front line of a hunger crisis

[ad_1] One of the worst famines in decades could be under way in Sudan, a country in the middle of a civil war, aid workers warn.Starvation in war-stricken Sudan "is almost everywhere", the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) has said.The BBC visited a hospital ward in Omdurman, just across the River Nile from the capital Khartoum.Filmed by: Hassan LaliEdited by: Jenna Abaakouk [ad_2] Source link

October 3, 2024

Japan

Despite snowy winter, Swiss glaciers ‘on track to disappear’

[ad_1] Gletsch, Switzerland – A snowy winter provided no respite for Switzerland's glaciers, which shed 2.4% of their volume in a year, with Sahara sand accelerating the summer melt. The past 12 months have been "exceptional both in terms of accumulation and melt" for Swiss glaciers, a Glacier Monitoring in Switzerland (GLAMOS) study showed Tuesday. In the end, the glacier melt, which scientists say is being accelerated by human-induced climate […]

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Japan

Japan’s deep-sea vessel digs for answers to 2011 earthquake

[ad_1] Beneath the waters off Japan’s northeastern coast where two tectonic plates converge, scientists aboard a research vessel are investigating the causes of one of the most powerful earthquakes in recorded history by drilling to a total depth of 7,877.5 meters below sea level.Operated by the Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC), the deep-sea drilling vessel Chikyu — one of only two such ships in the world dedicated […]

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