In his travel diaries, Marco Polo recounted how he often heard haunting sounds at night as he traveled through the Gobi desert. Now, researchers studying sand dunes in Death Valley National Park and ...

It's no secret that little kids love rude noises. Until they reach the age where they learn that farts and burps are considered rude (note: for some, particularly boys, this age limit has not yet been ...

Avalanching sand from dune faces can trigger loud, rumbling 'booming' or short bursts of 'burping' sounds -- behaving as a perfectly tuned musical instrument. This sound is persistent and the dunes ...

Researchers slide down dunes to create a sand avalanche on the Eureka Dune in Death Valley National Park in California. Researchers slide down dunes to create a sand avalanche on the Eureka Dune in ...

Marco Polo’s fantastical tales of his travels were often so surreal that many discount his stories as fabrications. Yet kernels of truth lurk in these tales, like the story of the singing sands. Polo ...

Washington, D.C., Oct. 27, 2015 -- Avalanching sand from dune faces in Death Valley National Park and the Mojave Desert can trigger loud, rumbling "booming" or short bursts of "burping" sounds -- ...