Imagine a landscape so barren it resembles Mars itself, where some weather stations have never recorded a single drop of rain in their entire operational history. This isn't science fiction – it's the ...

An innovative tent, developed with the use of space concepts, is now on display at the ‘SAFE: Design On Risk’ exhibition at The Museum of Modern Art in New York. Designed for desert use, it exploits ...

Researchers from the Senckenberg Center for Human Evolution and Paleoenvironment (SHEP) at the University of Tübingen and the Senckenberg Natural History Museum in Görlitz have studied the role of the ...

It rained on my first evening in Namibia, well before I was in a position to appreciate the auspicious beauty of such an event. My husband, Ryan, and I were with the photographer Michael Turek at ...

The question of whether Earth is alone in harboring life has captivated humanity for millennia. In recent years, scientists have turned to Earth-like planets in other solar systems that may show the ...

Learn why a lichen found in the Mojave Desert has become key evidence in the search for extraterrestrial life. Much like we lather on sunscreen to protect our skin, lichen growing in the desert has ...