As Earth spins faster than it has in decades, atomic clocks are catching the difference, and shorter days are on the horizon.

A diplomatic breakthrough with China is the only short-term fix for easing the shortage of rare-earth magnets, a top executive at one of the largest auto components maker said, as the exports curbs by the East Asian nation chokes the production of electric vehicles.

A direct U.S. Government investment has electrified the share price of rare earth miner MP Materials and boosted the fortune of Australian investor Gina Rinehart

In the chaos of war, there’s nothing to stop Chinese firms from ravaging the landscape and extracting the minerals, which end up in China.

Nintendo’s Switch 2 videogame machine uses a rare-earth magnet to attach its hand-held controllers to the main console, according to a teardown.

A new study has found that dams are so effective at 'impounding' massive amounts of water that they've effectively shifted Earth's poles.

Ever been late because you misread a clock? Sometimes, the "clocks" geologists use to date events can also be misread. Unraveling Earth's 4.5-billion-year history with rocks is tricky business.