It’s not gold or silver: this giant Utah mine has been extracting the metal that powers artificial intelligence, electric cars, and clean energy for over 100 years
Everyone talks about gold and silver, yet the metal quietly running modern life is far less glamorous. Near Salt Lake City in Utah, a…..
The largest black hole collision ever recorded has been detected, forcing a rethink of how they form
Scientists detected the largest black hole collision yet, producing a new black hole about 225 times the Sun’s mass. Two US detectors in Washington…..
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What began as a project “to protect lizards” ended in a national scandal: a British millionaire was fined £20,000 for destroying a protected cliff in Poole Bay
A millionaire property developer in southern England has been ordered to pay £20,000 after cutting…..
The U.S. Navy is attempting to rebuild its fleet by 2026 and is discovering that its shipyards have become a major problem
The U.S. Navy is trying to rebuild its fleet in the middle of a deep…..
Amazon will pay $1.5 billion to Prime customers: who is entitled to an automatic refund?
An unexpected email from Amazon promising money usually feels like the start of a scam……
Noisy weekends are numbered: this city will ban gasoline-powered leaf blowers and impose fines of up to $200
If your fall weekends revolve around chasing leaves with a noisy blower, Arlington, Massachusetts is…..
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It was eight o’clock in the morning when a man opened the door of his house and saw an IRS badge. Now, the agency explains in which real cases armed agents may appear in this manner
What would you do if someone knocked, flashed a badge, and said they were from the IRS?…..
Millions of low-income adults could lose Medicaid if they cannot prove they work 80 hours a month
New Medicaid rules will cut off coverage for people who cannot prove they meet new status and…..
The map showing the 10 states where retirees can live solely on Social Security
Changes to food stamps in the United States: who has to work more and who could lose SNAP
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He said he would retire at 63 and ended up out of work within days, an increasingly common story that no one wants to tell
Announcing retirement is supposed to be a calm countdown to a new chapter. For many older workers,…..
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The largest black hole collision ever recorded has been detected, forcing a rethink of how they form
Scientists detected the largest black hole collision yet, producing a new black hole about 225…..
Satellites spot 35-meter monster waves in the North Pacific, equivalent to an 11-story building, and for the first time they were “signed” from space
Technology in orbit has just confirmed something sailors have whispered about for generations. In December…..
Goodbye to the Sun on Earth for more than six minutes: the exact strip that will make this possible crosses half the world
On August 2, 2027, the Sun will disappear in the middle of the day along…..
On February 1, 2003, seven astronauts believed that everything was going well, and in just a few minutes, Columbia changed space history forever
When the space shuttle Columbia began its journey home on February 1, 2003, the seven…..
No one paid attention to those hills in Hunan… until drilling revealed a “supergiant” gold deposit with more than 1,000 tons underground
Geologists in central China say they have uncovered a “supergiant” stash of gold hidden deep…..
Every 22 seconds, two satellites nearly collide above our heads, and scientists warn that the margin of safety is now measured in days
Look up at a clear night sky and everything seems calm. Satellites glide silently overhead,…..
A new discovery in lunar dust rewrites the theory of the “carbon-poor” Moon
The Moon may be richer in carbon than once thought. A team analyzing dust returned…..
The genetic surprise of the year: what we believed for decades to be “one thing” has just officially been divided into three
The black vertical stripe that makes the “black‑barred” pacu easy to spot has hidden a…..
