Excavations on unpromising mounds in the Iraqi desert revealed Sumer’s earliest city. Surviving relics and a rebuilt temple have given experts more clues about the ancient metropolis of Eridu.

This asteroid is one of the most likely to hit Earth. Here’s what it means for our future. New ultraprecise measurements show that the asteroid Bennu has a higher chance than thought of ...

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Railroad Earth, seen here performing at The Vic Theatre in Chicago, will headline Bell's Beer Garden in Kalamazoo, Michigan, on Friday, June 13, 2025. The band last played the venue in 2023.

Rare earth mining, long concentrated in Myanmar’s Kachin state to the north, now appears to be spreading south, bringing with it extensive deforestation and water pollution.

Science News: Asteroid 2025 KX8, about the size of a small jet, will make a close approach to Earth on June 4, 2025. While it poses no immediate threat, scientists ...

While China has resumed exports of its rare earth magnets, applications by domestic auto manufacturers—including by subsidiaries of multinational companies that have received approvals for their ...

China's rare earth export ban exposes global industry’s dangerous dependence Tech, auto and defence industries face mounting pressure as Beijing halts supply of key metals critical for magnets ...

On April 4, Beijing added seven of these – dysprosium, gadolinium, lutetium, samarium, scandium, terbium and yttrium – to its export control list, plus several rare earth magnets, two days ...

Four major automakers are racing to find workarounds to China’s stranglehold on rare-earth magnets, which they fear could force them to shut down some car production within weeks. Several ...