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A Toxic Pit Could Be a Gold Mine for Rare-Earth Elements

Mining continues at the Continental Pit. Nearby is the Berkeley Pit, a site for acid mine drainage that poses an

Don Pettit brought a photographer’s eye to orbit, capturing the artistry of the cosmos and our planet.

Archaeologists unearthed skeletal remains of four people in a well-appointed Roman home, along with signs of their efforts to outlast

Kosmos-482, a spacecraft bound for Venus in 1972, was a time capsule from the Cold War when superpowers had broad

Superb starlings help care for the offspring of birds they are not related to. “To me, that sounds like friendship,”

How the shell cracks in an exercise known as the egg drop challenge turned out to be more complicated than

As China and the United States trade charges of a lab leak, researchers contend in a new paper that the

Kosmos-482, which was headed to Venus, is expected to re-enter Earth’s atmosphere by the end of this weekend. Experts don’t

The continent’s leaders are hoping to benefit as the Trump administration cuts support for research and threatens universities such as

Generally, researchers will no longer be allowed to direct federal funds to international collaborators.