In some places, sand dunes protect shorelines from the onslaught of ocean waves. In other places, the dunes themselves are on the move, and threaten human structures. Host Flora Lichtman talks with ...

Most materials in Dune: Awakening are easy enough to find and harvest, not least because they respawn so frequently. However, spice sand is much more complicated as it requires a specific tool to ...

Scientists have solved the mysterious absence of star-shaped dunes from Earth's geological history for the first time, dating one back thousands of years. The study by Aberystwyth University, Birkbeck ...

A new study led by the University of Southampton and research institutes in France has uncovered the mystery of how mini sand dunes form on beaches and in deserts. While the formation of large desert ...

Specifically Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve, home of the tallest dunes in North America. “We just had one of our scientists do some measurements, and Hidden Dune is the tallest dune at ...

A new technique estimates forces on individual sand grains, offering scientists a novel way to study how Martian winds shaped the Red Planet. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn ...

David Thomas receives funding from NERC and The Leverhulme Trust. He is also affiliated with The University of Witwatersrand, South Africa. The Dune films remind us of just how beautiful, mysterious, ...