In this excerpt from "Sink or Swim," author Susannah Fisher explores the future of human migration, and what that will look like based on the difficult choices we make in the coming years.

Why does the New York City skyline look the way it does? In part, because of what happened there 500 million years ago, says ...

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The origins and migrations of modern humans around the world are a hot topic of debate. Genetic analyses have pointed to ...

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My fascination with maps began during my grade school days when I became obsessed with reading historical fiction books and books about other countries. This led me to try to locate other countries ...

As rare earths go into aircraft engines and all manner of consumer electronics, China can squeeze other countries, to the extent of restricting the end use of a particular shipment. Even Donald Trump, ...