Elon Musk has given up on solar power (on Earth)
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Earth AI is vertically integrating the search for critical minerals
A model is only as good as its data, and for Roman Teslyuk, the data wasn’t coming fast enough. “I hate delays,” Teslyuk, founder and CEO of Earth AI, told…
Karoline Leavitt Goes Scorched Earth on Dems, Says Their Rhetoric Is Dangerous
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NASA calculated when life will end on Earth. It doesn’t look good
In collaboration with researchers from Toho University in Japan, NASA researchers have used supercomputers to model and determine how long life will remain possible on Earth. The calculated end date…
NFL insider goes scorched earth on Steelers trading George Pickens
On Wednesday morning, Pittsburgh Steelers star wide receiver George Pickens was traded to the Dallas Cowboys in exchange for draft picks. Shortly after the news was made public, NFL insider…
China has suspended exports of a wide range of rare earth minerals and magnets that are crucial for making semiconductors, robots, drones, cars, and more (Keith Bradsher/New York Times)
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China places some rare earth elements under export restrictions as part of its response to Trump’s tariff package and imposes a 34% retaliatory tariff US goods (Reuters)
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Earth AI’s algorithms found critical minerals in places everyone else ignored
Last summer, mining startup KoBold made a splash when it said it had discovered in Zambia one of the world’s largest copper deposits in more than a decade. Now, another…
‘Stranded’ Astronauts Return to Earth After 9 Months on Space Station, Live Stream
Stranded Astronauts Return to Earth From Space Station … Live Stream Published March 18, 2025 1:56 PM PDT Play video content After 286 days in space, two American astronauts who’ve…
Alta Resource breaks down e-waste for rare earth metals that electronics need
Rare earth metals are largely unknown to the general public, but are used in a huge variety of products. The elements, including neodymium, and praesodymium, and cerium, themselves aren’t rare.…