On Earth, life thrives in some of the most seemingly inhospitable environments. Single-celled organisms like bacteria teem in the hot springs of Yellowstone National Park, where temperatures reach ...

You may not know what neodymium is (or even how to pronounce it). But you have plenty of it in your home. Neodymium is a rare earth, one of the minerals near the bottom of the periodic table that are ...

Life on Earth may exist thanks to an incredible stroke of luck — a chemical sweet spot that most planets miss during their formation but ours managed to hit. A new study shows that Earth formed under ...

(CNN) — Picture all of Earth’s oceans, which cover about 70% of the planet and are mostly made of hydrogen. Now multiply that by nine. That may be the amount of hydrogen in Earth’s core, possibly ...

The stock prices of companies focused on rare earth elements (REEs) rallied well in advance of the underlying commodities during May-October of last year, but recently the prices of the commodities ...

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USA Rare Earth is up over 30% in 2026. Is now the time to buy before it takes off? Like MP, USA Rare Earth is trying to build a domestic supply of rare-earth metals, with the end goal of manufacturing ...

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