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Diving into one of the most mesmerizing and mysterious elements on the periodic table: Mercury (Hg). Known for being the only ...

China has stopped almost all shipments of critical minerals that are needed for cars, robots, wind turbines, jet fighters and ...

China's dominance in rare earths minerals can cause a shortage for US consumers in everything from cars to TV remotes.

Ted Bundy, the Green River Killer, and others terrorized the Pacific Northwest. "Murderland" asks what role polluters played.

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The US trade war with China has a major sticking point: rare earths minerals. Last month, President Donald Trump said the ...

Murderland,” by the Pulitzer Prize winner Caroline Fraser, considers possible links between the region’s industrial pollution ...

Find out what makes some nickel ‘dirty’, where it’s mined, and whether it's lurking in your EV, battery, or solar panels.

President Donald Trump says the United States will get magnets and rare earth minerals from China under a new trade deal and ...