I trekked through the Sahara Desert with my in-laws after only meeting them a few times. I was nervous, but it was a ...

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Join National Geographic as they ride one of the most punishing train routes in the world, the Mauritania Railway, which ...

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

From the ongoing series of remarkable discoveries on Earth… NASA recently identified a peculiar white, glowing formation deep ...

Chinese researchers have developed a 2kW fibre laser weapon that functions without heating or cooling systems, even in ...

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The Sahara is known for being one of the driest places on Earth, but in fact, it can actually flood. Those floods aren't ...

"NWA 16788 is a discovery of extraordinary significance — the largest Martian meteorite ever found on Earth, and the most ...

Nemcha, Zina and Zouina, three North African Sloughi hounds, play on the beach in Tunisia where their ancestors have long ...