2+ week, 4+ day ago  (301+ words) How supply chain concentration, geopolitical competition, and surging demand are reshaping the global landscape for strategic minerals - and what it means for the decade ahead. Critical minerals underpin the global energy transition, digital infrastructure, and defence capabilities The market reached…...

1+ week, 9+ hour ago  (548+ words) The embryo preserved inside offers definitive proof that mammal ancestors were egg-layers. For the first time, paleontologists have discovered a 250-million-year-old fossil egg containing an embryo of a mammal ancestor. The embryo belonged to Lystrosaurus, a sturdy plant-eater that survived…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (457+ words) In certain species, a "third eye" or parietal eye still exists to detect light, while in humans, this feature has evolved into the pineal gland. Rare fossils discovered in southern China reveals that the earliest creatures with spines " jawless fish…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago  (445+ words) Culasawani Island remained a secret until researchers used hand augers to reveal its shell-packed core. The picturesque archipelago of Fiji features a newly discovered, remarkable island entirely made up of edible shellfish. Culasawani Island, located off the northern coast of…...

4+ week, 21+ hour ago  (642+ words) Almost every child in South Korea has grown up with Dooly: a pint-sized, emerald-green dinosaur with two iconic tufts of hair and a penchant for magical mischief. He is a cultural titan." Now, science has finally given the cartoon its…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (645+ words) Salt precipitation on ancient sea ice may have made Earth brighter, colder, and harder to thaw during Snowball Earth. Between 720 million and 635 million years ago, Earth may have experienced one of the most extreme climate episodes in its history. During…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (577+ words) These glassy shards are the scorched remains of a massive asteroid impact that rocked the Earth roughly 6. 3 million years ago." Named after the state of Minas Gerais, geraisites are dark, aerodynamic glass droplets formed during a massive ancient impact." These…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (575+ words) The future of earthquake-proofing might just be a simple cylinder filled with steel balls. In December 2025, the U. S. Patent and Trademark Office granted a patent for an energy-dissipation device that looks less like a high-tech stabilizer and more like a mechanical…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (448+ words) The discovery centers on a well-preserved skull that measures less than 2. 5 centimeters (~1 inch) in length. Palaeontologists at the Federal University of Santa Maria (UFSM) have discovered a fossil in southern Brazil which is believed to be the smallest and youngest…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (408+ words) Scientists say the rare acidic geyser's 20 to 30 foot bursts mark its strongest activity since 2017. The world's largest acidic geyser in Yellowstone National Park is erupting again after a six-year slumber. The Echinus Geyser, situated in the Norris Geyser Basin, last…...