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Earth's Accelerating Spin To Shorten Two More Days
When the moon is positioned farther from Earth's equator and closer to the poles, its pull on the planet becomes weaker. With ...
US opens first rare earth minerals mine in 70 years
Energy Secretary Chris Wright discusses the opening of a rare earth minerals mine and domestic energy production on ‘The Faulkner Focus.’ ...
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Sunspot crackling with magnetic 'bombs' is now turning toward Earth (photo)
A new sunspot emerging over the eastern limb of the sun is putting on an explosive show and it's heading our way.Sunspot ...
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Earth’s Poet of Scale
Since Edward Burtynsky’s birth in Ontario, Canada, in 1955, the Earth’s population has roughly tripled, and its economy has ...
Pentagon takes $400 million stake in rare-earth miner
The Defense Department is buying $400 million of stock in rare-earth mining company MP Materials as it seeks to boost ...
Scientists Found a Place Where the Earth’s Layers Are Upside Down
Normally, younger rocks are deposited above older ones, forming predictable geologic layers. In the North Sea, this process ...
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Peculiar plant could help us reconstruct ancient Earth’s climate
Something strange happens to water as it moves through the stems of horsetail plants – and this unique process provides ...
Bill Dilworth, Caretaker of ‘The New York Earth Room,’ Is Dead at 70
For decades, he tended a SoHo loft filled with dirt, made by the conceptual artist Walter De Maria. People made pilgrimages ...