SOMEWHERE IN THE THAR DESERT, India — Ummed Singh, 12, piles blankets on Camu’s burlap saddle and motions for me to climb on. I swing my leg around and hold on. “Lean back,” he tells me. The camel ...

Following is a transcript of the video. Narrator: Here's a riddle for you, a man is standing in the desert. He's thirsty, parched, and surrounded by fresh water but he can't drink. Why? He's ...

A tiny beetle is wreaking catastrophic action on the deteriorating Chihuahuan desert. The catastrophic action a tiny beetle is wreaking on the deteriorating Chihuahuan desert will be revealed in the ...

A 3D-printed Janus microchannel heat sink inspired by desert beetles enables ultrafast bubble removal and prevents CPU thermal throttling.

Namib desert beetles live in an area with little ground water, so how is it that they have no trouble finding H2O? Find out how the resourceful insects use their wing scales to absorb water droplets ...

A species of desert beetle in southern Africa may hold the key to understanding how car windshields and airplane parts can be kept from freezing in low temperatures. In a study featured in the journal ...

BOSTON (CBS) - A couple of Boston College graduates are banking on a beetle to help solve the world's clean water crisis. The World Water Council estimates about 1.1 billion people lack access to safe ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

Inspired by a beetle's shell, a cactus spine, and the skin of a carnivorous plant, this slick, bumpy coating is a material straight out of Dune or Star Wars. Put this water-saving coating into a rain ...

Inspired by an obscure desert beetle, polymer scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) came up with a way to construct test surfaces with a variable affinity for water.

A number of scientists whose work is inspired by natural behavior is constantly growing. The lotus flower, with its ability to self- clean, is commonly described in literature and can be best examples ...