Rare earth elements sit quietly inside smartphones, electric vehicles, and wind turbines, yet they are notoriously difficult ...

Lithium and AI are now marketed as substitutes. Lithium, however, is an energy carrier—not a source—and AI is a valuation layer that still depends on copper, steel, electricity, and fossil fuels.

Neanderthals repeatedly returned to the cave to store horned animal skulls, revealing this cultural tradition was transmitted over time.

Most of this waste in the US is eventually used to bulk up building materials, or simply dumped. It's estimated that more ...

New technologies developed to extract oil and gas from deep within Earth have also opened the door to accessing super-high ...