Residents of modern megacities are accustomed to the uninterrupted water supply to their apartments. In such comfortable ...

The “Largest Piece of Mars on Earth” just sold at auction for about $5.3 million— $5,296,000, to be exact. Popular Science has reached out to Sotheby’s for confirmation of the sale price.

Tens of thousands of years ago, on the territory of the uninhabited Sahara Desert, gardens flourished, rivers flowed, ancient ...

A team of paleontologists led by National Geographic Explorer Paul Sereno uncovered a trove of dinosaur fossils in the Sahara ...

The Sebeiba festival, a 3,000-year-old tradition of the Tuareg people, takes center stage in Djanet, an Algerian oasis town ...

A new report by the United Nations’ World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has found that sand and dust storms are leading ...

A grassy hill next to the biggest tent at Coachella has become a popular location for fans, but is it actually an enjoyable experience?

Susanne Neuer pictured a life on a boat, rocking with the waves and the wind. She did not expect to land in Arizona and found her own school.

In the Mauritanian desert, nomadic herders look for unusual rocks with a dark surface, hoping to find rare meteorites and strike it big.

Sand and dust storms affect about 330 million people in over 150 countries and are taking an increasing toll on health, ...

The oldest color ever was found in the Sahara desert. The region used to have an ocean flowing through, but the geological ...

A girl from Stevenage who has an incurable eye disease has undergone a pioneering gene therapy which has allowed her to see in the dark and ...