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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

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

Staff Writer - March 12, 2025

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

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

Elon Musk has simultaneous control of DOGE and his AI company xAI. AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana

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DOGE threat: How government data would give an AI company extraordinary power

Could Friedrich Merz be the man to speak for Europe? Sean Gallup/Getty Images

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Is a united European voice possible in the age of Trump, Putin and far-right politics? Germany’s new leader intends to find out

Friedrich Merz, mapping out a new future for Germany and the EU? Maja Hitij/Getty Images

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Germany’s chancellor-in-waiting prioritizes ‘real’ independence from the US − but what does that mean and is it achievable?

Elon Musk meets with Chinese Premier Li Qiang in Beijing on April 28, 2024. Wangye/Xinhua News

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How Elon Musk’s deep ties to – and admiration for –...

Staff Writer - February 24, 2025

President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy meet on Sept. 25, 2019, on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly. Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images

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In pushing for Ukraine elections, Trump is falling into Putin-laid trap...

Staff Writer - February 20, 2025

It’s been a long time since the U.S. tried to forcibly plant its flag on foreign territory. erhui1979/DigitalVision Vectors via Getty Images

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Trump’s threats on Greenland, Gaza, Ukraine and Panama revive old-school US...

Staff Writer - February 20, 2025

Greenland has large deposits of rare earth minerals along its coasts, but these are also geologically hazardous regions. Alex Hibbert/The Image Bank via Getty Images

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Greenland’s rapidly melting ice and landslide-prone fjords make the oil and...

Staff Writer - February 19, 2025

An African journalist films President Xi Jinping delivering an opening ceremony speech for the China-Africa forum in Beijing in September 2024. AP Photo/Andy Wong

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China flexes its media muscle in Africa – encouraging positive headlines...

Staff Writer - February 12, 2025

U.S. President Donald Trump signs an executive order to create a U.S. sovereign wealth fund on Feb. 3, 2025. Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images

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US sovereign wealth fund: A feasible idea to invest strategically, or...

Staff Writer - February 8, 2025

A lot has changed since the publication of this 1750 map of Palestine. Ken Welsh/Design Pics/Universal Images Group via Getty Image

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Map wars in the Middle East: How cartographers charted and helped...

Staff Writer - February 7, 2025

Immigrants to the U.S. increasingly arrive like these people, seeking asylum at a formal border crossing, rather than trying to sneak across the border. Carlos Moreno/NurPhoto via Getty Images

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Who are immigrants to the US, where do they come from...

Staff Writer - February 5, 2025

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EXPLORING NATURE

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

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

Staff Writer - February 26, 2025

Kristina P. Brant, Penn State On Valentine’s Day 2025, heavy rains started to fall in parts of rural Appalachia....

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

Greenland has large deposits of rare earth minerals along its coasts, but these are also geologically hazardous regions. Alex Hibbert/The Image Bank via Getty Images

Greenland’s rapidly melting ice and landslide-prone fjords make the oil and...

February 19, 2025

National Institutes of Health indirect costs, which are under the knife, go toward managing laboratories and facilities. Fei Yang/Moment via Getty Images

Cutting funding for science can have consequences for the economy, US...

February 17, 2025