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

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 ...

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

New calculations have revealed that the super-energetic jets produced by spinning black holes could be a source for elusive ...

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

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 ...