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A huge gem stone which could become the largest polished round diamond in history has been discovered. Miners in Lesotho have discovered a huge gem stone which could become the largest polished round diamond in history The massive stone is...

Johannesburg: The secret to snagging the woman of your dreams lies not in those expensive aftershaves and eau de colognes, but as it turns out, your armpit odour, according to a new research. What's more - the chemicals in your...

The name of this nasty parasite is Guinea worm. This parasite has plagued humans since the days of the ancient Egyptians. Nowadays, Guinea worm is found across Africa from Mali to Ethiopia with most number of cases emerging in Sudan....

Chimps enter into deals whereby they exchange meat for sex according to research done by Cristina Gomes & her colleagues from the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Germany. They studied chimps in the Tai Forest Reserve in the...

The sight of nine month old Faith Mwampe is not pretty but it is the love of a mother that is holding her firm on her ground to help her infant daughter get out of this miserable situation. The mother,...

Whether you are a subscriber to the Big Bang Theory or the Creation Story, many of us wonder what our ancient ancestors looked like. Do you think we all originated from a certain continent, region, or a single lineage? Charles...

For the first time in 25 years, Kenya has released black rhinos that were bred in captivity back into the wild. It is part of an action plan to restore wildlife in Africa. The black rhinoceros was pervasive in Kenya...

The discovery of a prehistoric graveyard in the Sahara reveals details of a Stoen Age race from when the land was lush and green. The site of interest is in Niger in the Tenere desert, which is presently among the...

Aliens calling? Signals detected from beyond Solar System Scientists in South Africa have detected radio signals from beyond the solar system for the first time - prompting a wave of excitement over who, or what, might have sent it. The...

A day after giving birth to septuplets, a 27-year-old Egyptian woman said Sunday she's only seen her babies on television and hopes to hold them and name them soon. Ghazala Khamis was still hospitalized after giving birth a day earlier...