This week, discover the Sahara’s greener past, explore a mysterious cosmological force, marvel at a new concept for space ...

Researchers studied the DNA of two 7,000-year-old naturally mummified individuals excavated in the Takarkori rock shelter in ...

Sahara Desert teemed with life during African Humid Period. Scientists have reconstructed the genetic profile of a population ...

Last week brought fascinating images, and it was not always immediately ... draws the eye to the action and emphasizes the scene. Sahara dust bathes the evening sky over Hamburg's Outer Alster ...

The Sahara Desert is the largest hot desert on Earth and covers over 3.3 million square miles of North Africa, according to World Atlas. That’s roughly the same size as the entire United States ...

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Turns out, however, that a surprising proportion of the world’s largest hot desert isn’t actually sandy at all. Just 25 percent of the Sahara’s surface is covered by sand. We say “just ...

Sahara Desert, Once Lush and Green, Was Home to Mysterious Human Lineage By Will Dunham (Reuters) -The Sahara Desert is one of Earth's most arid and desolate places, stretching across a swathe of ...

Picture the Sahara, and an inhospitable landscape of endless sand dunes and barren rock comes to mind. That’s largely the case today, but 7,000 years ago the vast desert was an altogether ...

Editor’s note: A version of this story appeared in CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. To get it in your inbox, sign up for free here. Picture the Sahara, and an inhospitable landscape of ...