You may be hearing a lot lately about critical minerals and rare earth elements. These natural materials are essential to industry and modern technology – everything from cellphones to fighter jets.

Test your rock & mineral smarts—are you a Rock Star? Think you know rocks and minerals? Take the Science Trek quiz! Test your smarts on gold, salt, Earth’s oldest rocks, gemstones on Mars, and the ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Minerals are the non-living building blocks of the natural world ...

To avoid the worst effects of climate change, many billions of metric tons of industrially generated carbon dioxide will have to be captured and stored away by the end of this century. One place to ...

Trading gems, minerals, fossils and meteorites can be fraught with controversy and ethical ambiguity. But is the answer to ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

A little knowledge of rocks and minerals will help you identify everything from jewelry to fossils. While reading this article may not turn you into a geologist, it should give you the basic ...

About a 40-minute drive from Milwaukee, there's a show that will dazzle you whether you're a rock lover or not. It's the Rock, Mineral, Gem and Earth Science Show, happening ...

The Gem and Mineral Show will be held from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday at Solano County McCormack Hall, 900 ...

NEW YORK, NY - JULY 4: Fireworks are launched from the Brooklyn Bridge during Macy's Independence Day fireworks show on July 4, 2019 in New York City. (Photo by Gary Hershorn/Getty Images) There would ...