Africa

"End of the World Plague" Remains Discovered in Egypt

The Roman Empire was starting to crumble, and this horrific epidemic kicked ‘em while they were down.

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Newsflash: Not Every Dark Girl Has a Complex About Her Skin

The idea of "fairest of them all" impacts women of color in many different ways.

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Lupita Nyong'o Is Lancôme's Newest Ambassador and No, It's Not Because She's Black 

Lupita Nyong'o is “challenging” traditional ideas of beauty—but it's not because she's brown.

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Chimp Champion Jane Goodall Celebrates 80th Birthday

The prominent primatologist was groundbreaking in natural science research, and in forging her place in the male-dominated ivory tower of the 1960s.

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This Just In: Black Plague was Airborne—Rats and Fleas Partially Exonerated

Recent analysis of Black Death victims from the 14th century provides new insight into the worst disease pandemic in Europe's history.

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