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Tiny underwater sand dunes may shed light on larger terrestrial and Martian formations: Grain-scale…
The English poet William Blake famously implored readers to "see the world in a grain of sand." In Physics of Fluids, by AIP Publishing, scientists from the University of Campinas, in Brazil, and the University of California, Los Angeles,…
Abu Dhabi Fossil Dunes: A beautiful frozen landscape created by climate change
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Sand Dunes Might Provide Insight on Weather Conditions on Planets: Study
What is it like to be on the surface of Mars or Venus? Or even further afield, such as on Pluto, or Saturn's moon Titan? This curiosity has driven advances in space exploration since Sputnik 1 was launched 65 years ago.But we're only…
Jupiter’s moon has splendid dunes: New way dunes can form on varied celestial surfaces
Scientists have long wondered how Jupiter's innermost moon, Io, has meandering ridges as grand as any that can be seen in movies like "Dune." Now, a Rutgers research study has provided a new explanation of how dunes can form even on a…
Dune’s triumph, Will Smith’s slap dominate an unhinged 2022 Oscars show | CBC News
The 94th Academy Awards opened in dramatic fashion on Sunday, lauding Dune with six trophies out of 10 nominations, awarding CODA in the best-picture and two other categories for which it was nominated, making history for deaf, women and…
Ankita Lokhande gets kiss from Vicky Jain, they romance on sand dunes in Bollywood-style pre-wedding…
Ankita Lokhande and Vicky Jain are set to tie the knot soon. Ahead of their wedding, Ankita dropped a pre-wedding video featuring featuring her and her soon-to-be groom romancing in picturesque locations. The video, which seems to have…
Tourists having sex in the dunes is ruining a Spanish beach
(CNN) — Overtourism is regularly blamed for choking historic cities, covering world-famous sights in trash, and killing local life in tourist hotspots across the world. Now tourists having sex is said to be behind the gradual destruction of…
A new model could help stall shifting sand dunes, protecting infrastructure and ecosystems
Cambridge scientists have used downscaled laboratory models to show how sand dunes move through a landscape, revealing the conditions that determine whether they will pass through hurdles in their path -- like pipelines or walls -- or get…