Cat-like eyes show up in searches everywhere. If the internet is this obsessed with eye color, how rare are green eyes in humans? They’re uncommon enough that seeing them still feels like spotting a ...

An asteroid skimming just 200 miles above the planet sounds like science fiction, yet recent flybys have come uncomfortably close to that mark. Several small space rocks have threaded the gap between ...

A biological process long thought to protect biodiversity and help species coexist may actually threaten diversity when species are separated by natural landscapes, infrastructure, or other barriers, ...

In a typical Chinese rare earth processing plant, 200 workers move through a maze of massive chemical tanks, risking life and limb to produce the materials that power everything from fighter jets and ...

In recent years, rare earth elements have become the focal point of renewed competition between the world’s major powers. These materials are crucial to the manufacture of all manner of products, ...

In the race to secure the critical mineral supply chain, the U.S. government has sought to ramp up production of rare earths and rare earth magnets. Now, experts say the key to securing these supplies ...

The 15-year effort by Japan is a model for countries now scrambling to reduce their dependence on Beijing’s critical metals. Sojitz, a Japanese conglomerate, turned to Lynas, an Australian mining ...