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Earth’s oldest rocks date back 4.16 billion years

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83% of Earth’s climate-critical fungi are still unknown

Mycorrhizal fungi help regulate Earth's climate and ecosystems by forming underground networks that provide plants with essential nutrients, while drawing…

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Earth’s fiery ‘Door to Hell’ is starting to close

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Earth’s core mystery solved: How solid rock flows 3,000 kilometers beneath us

Earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, shifting tectonic plates — these are all signs that our planet is alive. But what is revealed…

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China approves some exports of rare earths ahead of US talks

Beijing says it granted approval to some applications for the export of rare earths, a move that could ease tensions…

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Earth’s core is leaking gold

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Global supply chains threatened by lack of Chinese rare earths

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.…

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Light-to-electricity nanodevice reveals how Earth’s oldest surviving cyanobacteria worked

An international team of scientists have unlocked a key piece of Earth's evolutionary puzzle by decoding the structure of a…

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One of Earth’s ancient volcanic mysteries solved

Geologists led by the University of Maryland and the University of Hawai'i finally connected the dots between one of the…

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Elon Musk says Tesla will have ‘thousands’ of Optimus robots by year’s end, but China slapping controls on rare earths is hobbling production

Rare-earth metals form the powerful magnets crucial to producing fighter jets, smartphones, and the motors that power the arms of…

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