This story was originally published by Grist with the headline The weirdest ways scientists are mining for critical minerals, ...

American space agency NASA revealed it is working on a technology that could link different autonomous systems, no matter who ...

This story is part of the Grist series Unearthed: The Mining Issue, which examines the global race to extract critical minerals for the clean energy transition. But what if there were another way?

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The October agreement aimed to strengthen supply chain resilience for critical minerals such as lithium and cobalt. While ...

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A police operation in Bhubaneswar, India, has cracked down on illegal sand mining operations. According to the Deccan Chronicle, the Odisha police arrested 123 individuals and seized 136 vehicles in ...

The U.S. Space Force has chosen Gravitics to build and fly an orbital carrier that could send up maneuverable military space ...

As concerns over Earth’s limited resources continue to grow, some entrepreneurs are eagerly looking beyond our planet to establish the next big business venture: asteroid mining. The prospect of ...