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New AI features in Google Earth let users ask chatbot-style questions to find changes in the climate. The system could ...

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MP Materials is key to Western rare earth supply chains as global diversification reshapes AI, EV, and defense industries.

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The story of Peggys Island unfolds with six outlaws, a stash of gold, and a violent encounter. Today, treasure hunters still ...

A new study reveals that gold mining in the Amazon alters the soil and dries out the land, preventing forest regeneration.

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Gold remains a valuable material and while it doesn’t grow on trees, a new study published in the journal Environmental Microbiome shines a light on how it sometimes grows in them.