New findings expand the range of livable regions in interior South Africa nearly 200,000 years ago, during an ice age called MIS6.

In a new book, MIT political scientist Evan Lieberman examines a quarter-century of post-Apartheid government and finds meaningful progress.

Harvard-led researchers detect some of the earliest evidence for modern-like plate motion.

The South African Khoe-San communities are no strangers to exploitative research. One research team is trying to provide genetic ancestry results to community members. But they still face many challenges.

The process will take months, if it's even approved. But just the threat of waiving intellectual property rights could spur faster action.

Countries cannot be expected to all tread the same path to net zero emissions.

Countries cannot be expected to all tread the same path to net zero emissions.

With news that the US bought almost the entire global supply of remdesivir, new research shows the drug saves more lives in places with overwhelmed ICUs.