Thorium, an abundant and safer alternative to uranium, could soon become a vital resource in the quest to meet energy needs.

The medieval Mongol archive, dating from the 13th century, had a profound influence on French maps and exploration.

As shown in the map below, created using the most recent ... The Steenkampskraal rare-earth mine in South Africa, one of the world's highest-grade deposits of rare-earth minerals, including ...

Armed with anecdotes, historical evidence, maps and slides, the author-historian outlined India's ancient soft power in his ...

Chef Yia Vang's Vinai and Thomas Dambo's "Alexa's Elixir" installation are drawing attention outside of the state.

As Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky awaits ceasefire talks and negotiations to end Russia’s war in his country, he ...

A host of problems with existing projects are only making matters worse. Ore quality—the amount of valuable metal in a sample of rock—is declining, forcing miners to dig deeper; mining permits can ...

The global airline industry offered a total of 5.85 billion seats on scheduled flights in 2024. That’s more than any year in ...

Conclave: Historian William Dalrymple spoke about the intellectual exchange of India with the rest of the world. He pointed ...

The Arctic Circle — and the sovereignty of its biggest island, Greenland — is back in the international geopolitical ...