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News: Surviving the desert
Out in a parched and desolate corner of the Algerian Sahara is the town of Timimoun which has been around for 800 years despite there being no signs of water. Read: Surviving the desert
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News: Penguins in desert not cool, activists say
Animal rights activists crying foul over 20 penguins living in an indoor ski facility in Dubai Read: Penguins in desert not cool, activists say
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News: Sonoran Desert by moonlight: Quiet landscape, but watch out for jumping cactus
PHOENIX - "Everything in the Sonoran Desert either sticks, stings, bites or eats meat. There are quite a few things you don't want to touch and in the dark it's harder to discern between safe and scary," said tour guide Bruce Leadbetter as he geared up to lead a night hike of McDowell Mountain Regional Park in Fountain Hills, northeast of Phoenix. Read: Sonoran Desert by moonlight: Quiet landscape, but watch out for jumping cactus
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News: High planetary tilt lowers odds for life?
Highly-tilted worlds would have extreme seasons, subjecting life to alternating periods of scorching and subzero temperatures. This could make the development of all but hardiest, simplest creatures a long shot. Read: High planetary tilt lowers odds for life?
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News: 'Leapers and Creepers' the Focus at High Desert Museum
It's hard to see some of the High Desert Museum's newest additions. But finding them was half the fun kids on Sunday as the "Leapers and Creepers" exhibit opened. Read: 'Leapers and Creepers' the Focus at High Desert Museum
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News: A visit to the Sonoran Desert after dark
"Everything in the Sonoran Desert either sticks, stings, bites or eats meat. There are quite a few things you don't want to touch and in the dark it's harder to discern between safe and scary," said tour guide Bruce Leadbetter as he geared up to lead a night hike of McDowell Mountain Regional Park in Fountain Hills, northeast of Phoenix. Read: A visit to the Sonoran Desert after dark
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News: Rosemary Harris Plays Cape Town Hermit in ‘Mecca’: Jeremy Gerard
Sunshine and candle flame, refracted through ground-up beer bottles and bouncing off mirrors, suffuse “The Road to Mecca,” animating an isolated desert home with glinting light. Read: Rosemary Harris Plays Cape Town Hermit in ‘Mecca’: Jeremy Gerard
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News: /Film Visits The Set of ‘John Carter’
I visited Mars almost two years ago. It was April 2010 and the film set was in the middle of nowhere. Finding Nemo/WALL-E director Andrew Stanton was making his live-action debut John Carter, a big screen adaptation of Edgar Rice Burroughs‘s novel A Princess of Mars. There had been many failed attempts to bring the [...] Read: /Film Visits The Set of ‘John Carter’
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News: Scorpions inspire scientists in making tougher surfaces for machinery
Taking inspiration from the yellow fattail scorpion, which uses a bionic shield to protect itself against scratches from desert sandstorms, scientists have developed a new way to protect the moving parts of machinery from wear and tear. A report on the research appears in ACS' journal Langmuir. Read: Scorpions inspire scientists in making tougher surfaces for machinery
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News: Sacrificing the desert to save the Earth
Environmentalists are torn over the high cost of breaking reliance on fossil fuels. Public comment has been sought, but insiders are calling the shots. Construction cranes rise like storks 40 stories above the Mojave Desert. In their midst, the "power tower" emerges, wrapped in scaffolding and looking like a multistage rocket. Read: Sacrificing the desert to save the Earth