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A dragline excavator mines rare earth materials in the Zhytomyr region of Ukraine on Feb. 25, 2025. Kostiantyn Liberov/Libkos/Getty Images

Economy

US-Ukraine deal highlights Ukraine’s wealth of critical minerals, but extracting them isn’t so simple

Staff Writer - March 12, 2025

Lightning strikes the Mediterranean Sea. Matko Begovic/PIXSELL via Xinhua, via Getty Images

Economy

The world regulated sulfur in ship fuels − and the lightning stopped

The European Space Agency’s astronaut cohort includes a parastronaut, as part of a feasability project. AP Photo/Francois Mori

Economy

Mission possible − parastronaut programs can make space travel more inclusive and attainable for all

President Donald Trump listens as Elon Musk speaks in the Oval Office on Feb. 11, 2025. Alex Brandon/Associated Press

Economy

Trump’s DOGE campaign accelerates 50-year trend of government privatization

President George Washington delivers his first inaugural address in April 1789 in New York City. Painting by T.H. Matteson, engraving by H.S. Sadd, via Library of Congress

Economy

George Washington, a real estate investor and successful entrepreneur, knew the difference between running a business and running the government

Economy

What’s at stake as President Trump sits down with China’s Xi

Staff Writer - April 8, 2017

Economy

‘Default’ choices have big impact, but how to make sure they’re...

Staff Writer - April 4, 2017

Economy

Why Russia gave up Alaska, America’s gateway to the Arctic

Staff Writer - March 30, 2017

Economy

America can’t be first without Europe

Staff Writer - March 24, 2017

Economy

Can Silicon Valley’s autocrats save democracy?

Staff Writer - March 19, 2017

Economy

Trump’s planned military buildup is based on faulty claims, not good...

Staff Writer - March 16, 2017

Economy

Trump’s address to Congress: Expert reaction

Staff Writer - March 1, 2017

Economy

White House in turmoil shows why Trump’s no CEO

Staff Writer - February 16, 2017

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Swimmers gather at San Francisco’s Ocean Beach for a Polar Plunge to start the new year, Jan. 1, 2025. Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu via Getty Images

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Supreme Court sides with San Francisco, requiring EPA to set specific...

Staff Writer - March 5, 2025

Robin Kundis Craig, University of Kansas The U.S. Supreme Court has limited how flexible the Environmental Protection Agency and...

How emotionally close you are to your pet is not necessarily a good measure of how your relationship affects your well-being. Nattalia Nuñez/Unsplash, CC BY-ND

Just having a pet doesn’t help mental health – but pet-owners...

March 1, 2025

Parts of the North Fork of the Kentucky River flooded in July 2022, and again in February 2025. Arden S. Barnes/For The Washington Post via Getty Images

Why people rebuild in Appalachia’s flood-ravaged areas despite the risks

February 26, 2025

In the toxic male technique, genetically engineered male insects would implant semen containing toxic venom into the female insects during mating. Madugrero/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA

Making sex deadly for insects could control pests that carry disease...

February 23, 2025

Tech entrepreneur Bryan Johnson has made it his life’s mission to delay aging and death. Netflix

The quest to extend human life is both fascinating and fraught...

February 23, 2025