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Science Behind It: Why Do We Float In The Dead Sea?

Objects float or sink based on their density relative to the fluid. In the Dead Sea, the water's density is so high that it creates a strong upward buoyant force on any object or person in the water, ...

Seeing sinkholes: How the Dead Sea’s collapse became a tourist draw

How one of the region’s worst environmental disasters has become a popular tourist excursion ...