iStockphoto / Melissa Kopka Footage of devastating flash flooding across must of America’s West has been shared far and wide on the news recently Must of the country has never witnessed flash flooding nor do they know how it starts and what it will look like This TikTok has gone viral showing

Author: Mike Denison / Source: Science News for Students A desert in the southwestern United States may be the lair of secret ninja masters. You know them as desert kangaroo rats. But a pair of new studies finds that these rodents can bust out complex moves to avoid deadly rattlesnake bites.

Author: Sabrina Imbler / Source: Atlas Obscura A desperate, thirsty traveler crawls among the dunes in a never-ending desert. Then something miraculous appears in the distance: the unmistakable blue of an oasis pool. You know what happens next. Of all the tropes about deserts—and there are a lot

Author: Mike Denison / Source: Science News The deserts of the southwestern United States may be the lair of secret ninja masters: desert kangaroo rats. Researchers armed with high-speed cameras have captured the complex maneuvers that the rodents (Dipodomys deserti) deploy to avoid deadly bites

Source: Atlas Obscura In the early spring, the truffle souq in Al Rai, just northwest of Kuwait City, bustles with connoisseurs sniffing for white and beige culinary gold. The demand for desert truffles, called fagga in Kuwait, is so high that over 500 vendors apply each year for the 120-odd