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Camel Spider - The Scariest Predator of the Desert
Also known as the sun spider or wind scorpion, the camel spider is a desert spider known for its enormous size and painful bite.
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'Golden fortress' Jaisalmer: The place where the cruelest customs are hidden
Deep in the Thar desert (India), stands a dazzling golden fortress. It was built in the 12th century, is a 'living fortress' because it is still stable and inhabited. In…
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100m deep sinkhole in the desert in Qatar
Musfur, the deepest accessible sinkhole ever discovered in Qatar, provides experts with information on geological history.
Environment
The 'ghost of the desert' is eating through the ozone layer, making the earth 'difficult to breathe'?
Desert dust - fine and capable of reaching high into the sky like ghosts - has the ability to destroy many pollutants, but also silently causes terrifying effects.
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Decoding the 'desert kite' on the Ustyurt plateau
Ustyurt is located in Central Asia, spanning Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan.
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The most mysterious images on Google Maps
Somewhere out of the countless images on Google Maps, there are some that are very strange, or very impressive, or even very 'shaky', as if they were not on Earth.
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Interesting information about Chile that will surprise you
Chile is known as a tourist paradise in South America with beautiful scenes and many interesting surprises.
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Flowers bloom in the driest desert in the world
The Atacama Desert in Chile, an arid place likened to Mars on Earth, suddenly appeared many areas with blooming flowers.
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Decipher the 'mysterious' carving in the desert in Qatar
These large and most important stone art works of Qatar have attracted many scientists who have tried to decipher them with many different theories.
Biology
A completely new species discovered on Australia's 'sacred rock'
The new species belongs to a family of sacred plants associated with the spiritual traditions of the indigenous peoples.
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Death scorpion invades Egyptian villages, burning hundreds of people
Wordless scorpions emerged from a desert home after recent storms and hospitalized more than 500 people in Aswan, southern Egypt.
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New species discovered on 'sacred rock' in Australia
The new species belongs to a sacred plant 'family' tied to the spiritual traditions of the indigenous people, which has grown surprisingly strong, despite the unsuitable…
New technology
Scientists develop robot that automatically sows seeds in the desert
Robot A'seedbot is equipped with a solar battery, which can be charged during the day and then works at night within a radius of 5 km.
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The mysterious origin of twisted glass in Chile
The mysterious shards of twisted glass scattered across Chile's Atacama desert may have come from a large comet that exploded in Earth's atmosphere about 12,000 years ag…
Environment
Green wall helps Africa cope with desertification
African countries aim to plant trees into a wall nearly 8,050 km long that runs across the entire continent, forming a natural barrier to prevent the Sahara desert from…