Illegal mining is widespread in South Africa. Miners break into derelict mineshafts, oftentimes searching for leftover gold. Organized crime exploits and controls their behavior. Now, above one ...

Meet Daisy, a British AI conversationalist made to sound like an older woman who’s not very tech savvy. She’s been deployed to take up phone scammers’ time — and collect information about new scams.

Scientists have discovered the world’s largest coral — so big it can be seen from space. The mystery of the spy whale in Norway has been solved. He was a naughty whale who ran away from a Russian ...