3+ week, 16+ hour ago  (1164+ words) Live updates: Follow the latest news on US-Iran war The Iran war is exposing key vulnerabilities in the world's supply chain for critical minerals, which find uses in defence, advanced technologies and energy. From the F-35s overhead to the munitions being…...

10+ mon, 2+ week ago  (572+ words) The critical minerals market risks a potential disruption as it faces a two-pronged challenge from concentrated supply in a handful of countries and the growth of export restrictions, the International Energy Agency (IEA) has said. The average market share of…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (765+ words) More than five decades after her discovery, Lucy remains one of the most important finds in human evolutionary science. Unearthed in Ethiopia in 1974, the 3.2-million-year-old fossil has long been central to how scientists understand early bipedalism, growth and adaptation. What…...

2+ mon, 8+ hour ago  (481+ words) Coastal ecosystems are nature's quiet champions " and some of the most under-measured. Mangrove forests, salt marshes and seagrass meadows absorb storm surges, nurture fisheries and lock away more carbon for every hectare than most terrestrial forests. Yet these blue-carbon buffers…...

7+ mon, 1+ week ago  (543+ words) Extensive fossilised remains of a dinosaur named Spicomellus have been discovered in the Atlas Mountains near the Moroccan town of Boulemane. About four metres long and weighing up to two tonnes, Spicomellus is the oldest known member of a group…...