Using a highly sensitive mass spectrometer capable of detecting trace chemicals, the researchers discovered that their early Earth simulation created an entire collection of sulfur biomolecules. These ...

Coral reefs have long been celebrated as biodiversity hotspots—but new research shows they have also played a much deeper ...

Earth's atmosphere might have contributed to the origin of life more than previously thought. In a study published in the ...

LLMs like Chat GPT come with major social costs — including child labor — that we can't ignore. Do we really need progress ...

Kid lit experts weigh in on some of the year's best science titles. Plus, what to look for when choosing a book for the child in your life.

MIT researchers traced chemical fossils in ancient rocks back to the ancestors of today’s demosponges. A team of geochemists ...

The idea of artificially lowering the planet’s temperature is gaining supporters and hitting political opposition.

Scientists believe Mars is rich in water ice, metals like iron and titanium, and rare Earth elements — resources that Earth is fast depleting. Democrats achieved the worst of all worlds with their ...

For the first time, scientists have seen a subduction zone actively breaking apart beneath the Pacific Northwest. Seismic data show the oceanic plate tearing into fragments, forming microplates in a ...

The Halleck Creek rare earth project in northeastern Albany County, led by American Rare Earths and its subsidiary Wyoming Rare (USA) Inc., has advanced into a new phase of development, positioning ...

"It paints a picture of an increasing attack on water resources from multiple fronts that is already emerging and particularly impacting urban populations." Franzke and his colleagues also warned that ...

ASX-listed Aldoro Resources has reported an increase in the mineral resource estimate (MRE) for its 85%-owned Kameelburg rare earths project, in Namibia, of 85% to 520-million tonnes of inferred ...