Putin, Russia and rare earth metals

Scientists Are Making ‘Super-Diamonds’ Harder Than Any Mineral on Earth
Diamond is the hardest mineral on Earth. This fact would likely pass muster at your local trivia night, but scientists ...
Simulation reveals ancient Earth had green oceans
A team of astrophysicists, geoscientists, chemists and life scientists affiliated with a host of institutions in Japan has ...
In Rome, talks to protect Earth’s biodiversity resume with money topping the agenda
United Nations conference on biodiversity that ran out of time last year will resume its work Tuesday in Rome with money at ...
On This Day: Scientists announce oldest-known fragment from Earth's crust
On Feb. 24, 2014, scientists announced that a tiny zircon crystal from Australia, 4.4 billion years old, was confirmed to be ...
Draft US-Ukraine rare earth minerals deal not one President Zelensky would accept, source says
A draft deal between the United States and Ukraine over rare earth minerals and other natural resources is “not the one ...
Earth’s 1st Asteroid Mining Prospector Heads to the Launchpad
The dream of mining metals in deep space crashed and burned in the 2010s. AstroForge’s Odin mission to survey a potentially ...
This is how most life on Earth will end
For now, life thrives on our oxygen-rich planet. But Earth’s atmosphere won’t always be so welcoming. In fact, scientists ...
Three giant asteroids to make close approach to Earth at frightening speeds today, NASA alerts
Earth will witness three asteroids making close approaches on February 25, highlighting the need for continuous space ...