The Anasazi, a once-flourishing tribe in the American Southwest, lived on bounties of corn, squash and beans. In 1276 A.D., ...

The SandAI neural network was trained using modern quartz sand and can help unravel the histories encoded in ancient rocks. Shown here are ancient ripples formed by water currents being reworked by ...

Texas A&M researchers are transforming ordinary sand into a water-saving material to improve crop resilience in dry conditions.

A microscope at high magnification reveals a closer look at the diversity of sand. This sample of sand from Sand Beach in Maine collected by Robert Maronpot includes a white sea urchin spine to the ...

A popular craft today is making sand pictures in a bottle. It was a form of artwork in the 19th century. One of the most famous sand artists was Andrew Clemens (1857-1894), who arranged natural-color ...

Omaha Beach in Normandy, France, where U.S. troops landed on D-Day 68 years ago, now looks as calm as any beach could, with tawny sand meeting the water of the English Channel. But geologists have ...