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Prospect of Kenyan troops in Haiti has sparked concerns – but may also prompt soul-searching across the Americas over lack of action

The kidnapping and subsequent release of U.S. nurse Alix Dorsainvil and her young daughter in Haiti in early August 2023 drew brief international attention to crime in the impoverished Caribbean nation.

The Conversation · Aug 16, 2023

Florida's academic standards distort the contributions that enslaved Africans made to American society

The state of Florida ignited a controversy when it released a set of 2023 academic standards that require fifth graders to be taught that enslaved Black people in the U.S. “developed skills which, in some instances, could be applied for their benefit.”

The Conversation · Aug 14, 2023

What's the earliest evidence of humans in the Americas?

Previously, researchers thought that humans arrived in North America 13,000 years ago, but now they're finding much older evidence.

LiveScience · Aug 13, 2023

Alien contact could be a disaster

A public ET message could initiate cascading events, including military actions to corporate resource mining

Salon · Jul 22, 2023

First contact with aliens could easily end in genocide, scholars warn

SETI has been searching for evidence of alien life – but could doing so end in disaster?

LiveScience · Jul 21, 2023

Stolen Christopher Columbus letter found in Delaware returned to Italy

Columbus wrote the letter to King Ferdinand of Spain in 1493 about his findings after the ‘discovery’ of the Americas

The Guardian - US · Jul 21, 2023

First contact with aliens could end in colonization and genocide if we don't learn from history

We’re only halfway through 2023, and it feels already like the year of alien contact.

The Conversation · Jul 19, 2023

Americas business owners stare down punishing World Cup timings

Many matches during the women’s tournament in Australia and New Zealand will fall during overnight hours in Americas.

Al Jazeera · Jul 18, 2023

Stone tools and camel tooth suggest people were in the Pacific Northwest more than 18,000 years ago

One of the earliest North American human occupation sites, dating to more than 18,000 years ago, was discovered in Oregon.

LiveScience · Jul 14, 2023

Pendants made from giant sloths suggest earlier arrival of people in the Americas

New research suggests humans lived in South America at the same time as now extinct giant sloths, bolstering evidence that people arrived in the Americas earlier than previously thought

The Independent UK · Jul 11, 2023