Discover why Africa is slowly splitting into two continents due to the East African Rift. This geological transformation, ...

A team of geologists and mineral physicists at Harvard University, the University of California, Argonne National Laboratory ...

Experts say portions of the continent are pulling apart, creating the possibility that the Horn of Africa will become an island.

A team of geologists and mineral physicists at Harvard University, the University of California, Argonne National Laboratory and the University of Chicago has found evidence via lab experiments ...

A view of the settlement of Maale Adumim and the E1 area of Jerusalem, 2 November 2011. Mahmoud illean / Demotix/Demotix / Press Association Images.