Excavations on unpromising mounds in the Iraqi desert revealed Sumer’s earliest city. Surviving relics and a rebuilt temple have given experts more clues about the ancient metropolis of Eridu.

This asteroid is one of the most likely to hit Earth. Here’s what it means for our future. New ultraprecise measurements show that the asteroid Bennu has a higher chance than thought of ...

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Rare earth mining, long concentrated in Myanmar’s Kachin state to the north, now appears to be spreading south, bringing with it extensive deforestation and water pollution.

Earlier this year, BBC Earth released two standout YouTube series, In Search of Nature and Framed in Nature, offering rare behind-the-scenes access to the working lives of nature photographers.

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Is this shopping mall the gayest place on Earth? At the Yumbo Centrum in Spain's Canary Islands, Pride never ends. By Richard Morgan. June 2, 2025. Dario Villalba, 29, ...

BBC Radio Scotland broadcaster Bryan Burnett has announced that he will be taking a break from his programme to undergo treatment for a rare cancer. Burnett, 59, who presents the early evening Get ...

Suzuki Motor's suspension of production of its flagship Swift subcompact is due to China's rare earth restrictions, two people familiar with the matter said, becoming the first Japanese automaker ...

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Four major automakers are racing to find workarounds to China’s stranglehold on rare-earth magnets, which they fear could force them to shut down some car production within weeks.

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