Medicine & TechnologyMany desert sand dunes are known to emit persistent, low-frequency harmonious sound in a phenomenon called ‘singing sand’. Read the article to find out more.
Scientists have found an ecosystem of lagoons and salt plains in Argentina which could provide a window to prehistoric life on Earth and Mars. Read the article to find out more.
A wildfire near the California-Nevada border has damaged the famous Joshua tree in the Mojave Desert, possibly changing the landscape forever. Continue reading the article to find out more.
The Zone of silence in a desert in Mexico has become famous for alleged bizarre events that have baffled scientists. Continue reading the article to learn more about this place.
Scientists have developed a small new gel film that can squeeze out up to 13 liters of water from the thin air each day. How can this be possible? Find out.
The Bisti/De-Na-Zin Wilderness we see today is not what it is in prehistory. Check out how it formed to its current terrain and the beasts that first resided in the place.
In preparation for the first human mission to Mars, six astronauts have recently spent three weeks in isolation, from October 11 to 31, at a simulated Martian base where they carried out different experiments.
For countless generations, horses and donkeys have been among the most important domesticated animals for mankind - and a new study reveals how they have been helping their fellow animals with an unusual behavior.
What began as routine wildlife support took an extraterrestrial turn for the Department of Public Safety of Utah after officers tripped upon a mysterious metal monolith in the middle of rural Utah.
The UN population forecast predicts that by 2050 there will be almost 10 billion people on the planet. They’ll live mostly in cities and have an older median age than the current global population. One looming question is, what will they eat?
While researchers have long known of Saturn’s largest moon, Titan, and its sandy surface, new research presented this week in two separate studies published in the journal Nature reveals that the 300 foot sand dunes on the moon’s surface may have originated from very different circumstances than those on Earth. Titan, which is much like the Earth, is one of the most intriguing moons our solar system has come to offer. But while it is the only other celestial body that has standing reservoirs of liquid on its surface and fields of dunes like those of the Sahara desert, astronomers are now finding that the events leading to Titan’s surface are far unlike what happened here on Earth.