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20 Amazing Images of Earth as Seen From Space

The Earth is a truly beautiful and fascinating place – even more so when seen from Space as distances and proportions take on a whole new dimension. Is this how ants see their world, we wonder? Follow us on a tour of our Blue Planet as seen from Space and be ready for some stunning pictures.

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Bacteria Vs. Saharan Desertification

The Saraha desert is the largest hot desert in the world. Spanning some 3.5 million square miles (9 million square km), this desert is almost as large as the United States and is expanding south at a rate of about 30 miles (48 km) per year. To help slow or even stop this expansion, scientists have proposed using a species of our microbial nemesis that turns ordinary sand into sandstone to construct a huge containing wall in the desert.

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20 Most Incredible Desert Oases [pics]

The yellow sand dunes stretch to infinity, whilst the scorching sun of the Sahel beats down on your head. You’re tired and you’re thirsty – you’ve been travelling for miles, searching for water. Yet nonetheless you are cautious: nothing is as it seems in this land of smokescreens and mirrors. “Water! Water!” you begin to scream. No… even imagination is playing tricks on you.

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0.3% of Saharan Sun Enough To Power Europe

The major obstacle to using renewable energy has always been the inability to produce a constant supply of electricity to consumers. However, scientists now believe that they have found a way to solve the supply and demand problem. Arnulf Jaeger-Waldau of the European Commission's Institute for Energy, speaking at the Euroscience Open Forum in Barcelona...

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