"Are we alone?" This ancient question has occupied humanity's mind for a long time. In 1995, the discovery of the first ...

China has stopped almost all shipments of critical minerals that are needed for cars, robots, wind turbines, jet fighters and ...

Almost all of Earth’s gold is hundreds of feet below the surface. But some of it is oozing from the core into the mantle.

The US trade war with China has a major sticking point: rare earths minerals. Last month, President Donald Trump said the ...

Germany's auto lobby warned China's export restrictions on rare earths, used in everything from windshield-wiper motors to ...

Diplomats, automakers and other executives from India, Japan and Europe were urgently seeking meetings with Beijing officials ...

The United States allowed its rare earth metals industry to move to China and could now face severe economic disruption as ...

An analysis of Hawaii’s volcanic rocks revealed Earth’s core is leaking gold and other precious metals, a study found. The ...

This week, see how gold is leaking from the planet’s core, watch sharks sharing a communal meal, unearth Egyptian tombs, and ...

Seasonality shapes much of life on Earth. Most species, including humans, have synchronized their own rhythms with those of ...