China completes drilling of Asia's deepest vertical well in major breakthrough: report
China National Petroleum Corp announced on Thursday that it has completed the drilling of the deepest vertical well in Asia, ...
Desert plants' clever survival trick: Two dormancy cycles a year ensure survival in harsh conditions
A research team led by Prof. Huang Zhenying from the Institute of Botany of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) has discovered a remarkable survival strategy—a unique seed dormancy cycling mechanism ...
The desert among the snow: how Anmatyerr ceremony men came to create ground paintings in Switzerland
Anmatyerr people live 200 kilometres northwest of Alice Springs. The work of Anmatyerr artists is now on display in ...
French minister in Western Sahara to back Moroccan sovereignty
French Culture Minister Rachida Dati began a visit on Monday to disputed Western Sahara where she will meet officials and ...
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Experts push to restore Syria’s war-torn heritage sites
In north-west Syria, more than 700 abandoned Byzantine settlements called Dead Cities, stretch across rocky hills and plains, ...
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'Saudi is the best!': Why are TikTok mumfluencers lauding desert megacity?
There has been increasing scepticism over the viability of the project and reports say population projections are being ...
Major stampedes in India over the years
NEW DELHI - At least 15 people, mostly women and children, died and 15 were injured in a stampede at New Delhi's main railway station, the chief minister of India's capital territory told reporters ...
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Discover Animals That Start With The Letter ‘M’
Meerkat is a social mammal that's native to Africa's desert. This small animal stands upright and lives in burrows. It's ...