The use of solar ovens by Saharan nomads greatly minimizes their environmental impact by removing the necessity for wood or ...

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

Early in the 1970s, while living and working in Spain, Chen Maoping read a story in “National Geographic” about the Sahara Desert, and it captured her imagination. She became determined to live there.

A similar story manifested in 1973 when a lone acacia tree, standing as the only one in about 250 miles of the Nigerian Sahara desert through ... a wonder for the local nomad tribe, the Tuareg ...

The desert’s only permanent river is the ... Despite its extreme conditions, around two million people live in the Sahara. Many are nomads who move with the seasons, while others live in ...