The Ancient Art of Sand Navigation Traditional Berber caravans have navigated Morocco's desert regions for over a thousand ...

For those who find themselves awed by arid landscapes, there’s no place like Africa. The continent boasts nine separate deserts, including a vast Sahara that sprawls across much of the north, the rust ...

Racist “culture” explanations for African underdevelopment are falseGeography, climate, and trade shaped societies more than ...

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New research reveals why early human attempts to leave Africa repeatedly failed—until one group succeeded spectacularly around 50,000 years ago. Scientists discovered that before this successful ...

Scientists have traced the origins of the Libyan desert glass (LDG) to a meteorite crash, and published their findings in the American Mineralogist. Once described as a “physical and geologic enigma,” ...

You have probably heard about the breathtaking rock arches of Utah's National Parks. How about Mother Nature's Fairy Bridge in China, the world's largest natural stone arch? These geological marvels ...

BLUFF, Utah — In February 2020, Dave Herrero drove into the canyon country here in southeastern Utah to visit a slice of land that was up for sale — a 320-acre ranch that stretched deep into the ...