NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission uncovered a cosmic connection between asteroid Bennu and Earth’s Searles Lake. Both contain minerals formed by evaporating salty water, hinting that Bennu’s parent body once ...

Picture a thin slab of sandy, inhospitable desert land by the side of Highway 78, just a few miles from the Salton Sea.

Extremophiles: Life in Extreme Conditions Extremophiles are the superheroes of the microbial world. These organisms find a ...

Wadi Rum is a desert covering 277 square miles (717 square kilometers ... that pose significant challenges for surface ...

Beijing is investing over $1 billion in two factories that will be built in the world's largest (and highest) salt flat, in the Andes: it will extract 35 tons of lithium per year ...

Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia The Salar de Uyuni in Bolivia is nothing short of magical. This vast salt flat, covering more than 10,000 square kilometers, is a dazzling display of nature's purity and ...

Bolivia is stepping up efforts to tap the world ... Deposits suspended in brine under the remote Uyuni salt flat have high levels of magnesium, which make its lithium less pure and expensive ...

Changes to remote work could be coming for state employees in Utah. Gov. Spencer Cox told reporters at his monthly news conference Thursday that the state is looking at ways to save taxpayer money ...

Sprinkling salt on the road or sidewalk after snowfall can make conditions safer for drivers and pedestrians, but can cause harm to local waterways and wildlife, London, Ont., researchers say.

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland plays his second shot on the 16th hole during the third round of the Dubai ...

House Republicans are trying to figure out what replaces the so-called SALT cap for residents of high-tax states such as New York, New Jersey and California who have seen a tax hit from the limit.

Through these painstaking efforts, the research painted a picture of Engaji Nanyori as a dry, semi-desert environment, with little water and few plants. But the landscape hadn’t always been that ...