In 1999 a young American dumped his bicycle and walked out into the Great Sandy Desert. Why was he willing to risk his life, and why do some people need to get lost in in order to feel found?

A little-known and highly dangerous earth metal used to craft spaceships has been found in wildfire-ravaged homes and in the ...

Eleven children are have been killed and seven others injured, following the collapse of a sand heap at the Yardoka community in Damau District of Kaduna State. Eyewitnesses revealed that the ...

Years later, I wonder if that sand symbolized the fragile and slippery nature of life and memory and the flow of time. While reading Ayşegül Savaş's third novel, The Anthropologists, which has not yet ...

A heap of skulls found in the center of a prehistoric village has revealed evidence of an unusual ritual tradition associated with the dead that appears to have been practiced for centuries, a ...

The minerals that darken the sand are much heavier – sand on most beaches would weigh up to 130 pounds per cubic foot when dry. Dry, loose grains of sand will form a pile with a slope angle of ...

Sand is more stable when it’s wet because the surface tension between water and sand grains can hold the pile of sand in place vertically. But once it dries, the pile will collapse, as there’s no more ...

Sand is more stable when it’s wet because the surface tension between water and sand grains can hold the pile of sand in place vertically. But once it dries, the pile will collapse, as there’s ...

While millions of Americans vacation on beaches every year to seek out sun, sand and the sea, many might not realize how dangerous digging holes in the sand can be. In February 2024, a 7-year-old girl ...

While millions of Americans vacation on beaches every year to seek out sun, sand and the sea, many might not realize how dangerous digging holes in the sand can be. In February, a 7-year-old girl ...

Climate Solutions Dunes aren’t just big piles of sand. Here’s why Earth needs them. March 20, 2024 More than 1 year ago 4 min Summary ...