In a quiet demonstration of its technological prowess, China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) has conducted a missile defence test in the Gobi Desert where as many as 16 ballistic missiles ...

Polish explorer Mateusz Waligóra became the first person in recorded history to cycle across Mongolia’s Gobi Desert in winter, covering 1,285 kilometers in 26 days. Mateusz Waligóra is the ...

In this image, the ethereal blue and green pools create a mirage-like effect across vast salt flats, capturing not an alien landscape but rather the engineered terrain of Chile’s largest lithium ...

Paleontologists unearthed the fossil in Mongolia’s Gobi Desert, and the find is unique because the sheath of one of the digits is intact. Made of keratin (the same material as fingernails), the ...

As seawater creeps further into coastlines, salt threatens to pollute the freshwater reserves that people depend on. But this brine isn’t just coming from the ocean: New research shows ...

There’s a surprising amount of options when it comes to buying salt. There’s table salt, Kosher salt, sea salt, and Himalayan salt—just to name a few. But while all these salts contain ...

Hans Zimmer & Friends: Diamond in the Desert acts as a celebration of Zimmer’s impressive work, mixing elements of concert film and documentary. The majority of its runtime sees him perform with ...

That’s largely the case today, but 7,000 years ago the vast desert was an altogether different ... to extract ancient DNA from the remains fell flat. Cool and constant conditions — the ...