Tag: Dune

Path and dune concerns close popular Cape Cod beach

With prime beach season just ahead, access to one of Cape Cod’s most beautiful strands is closed because of safety concerns. According to an alert issued on the town of Truro’s website, “Beach access at Longnook Beach is temporarily closed while the pathway and adjacent dunes are evaluated for safety. The Town will continue to […]

How to watch ‘Dune: Part Two’ at home

It’s a thrilling time to be a Dune fan. Denis Villeneuve’s box-office hit, Dune: Part Two, starring Timothée Chalamet, Zendaya, Austin Butler and Florence Pugh, finally drops on HBO’s Max this week. The same streaming platform that just teased the upcoming Dune: Prophecy prequel series, premiering this fall. The wait for Dune 2 to hit […]

How ‘Dune’ became a beacon for the fledgling environmental movement − and a rallying cry for the new science of ecology

“Dune,” widely considered one of the best sci-fi novels of all time, continues to influence how writers, artists and inventors envision the future. Of course, there are Denis Villeneuve’s visually stunning films, “Dune: Part One” (2021) and “Dune: Part Two” (2024). But Frank Herbert’s masterpiece also helped Afrofuturist novelist Octavia Butler imagine a future of […]

Ancient find offers new clues in desert star dune mystery

Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. Across sweeping desert vistas, spectacular star dunes stand out. The distinctive mounds are among the tallest sand dunes on Earth, and their pyramid shapes are sculpted by a crossfire of winds gusting from multiple directions, creating […]

The mysterious ‘star dune’ in the Sahara is on the move

The desert’s enormous star dunes are mysterious structures. These sand dunes are found in some of Earth’s largest modern deserts, but also on the planet Mars and Saturn’s largest moon, Titan. Star dunes are giant sand dunes that get their name from the arms of sand and rock that spread down from a central peak. […]