U.S. government escalates feud with Pretoria by cutting aid and offering refugee status to Afrikaners. The Rwanda-backed rebels fail to seize Bukavu and announce a unilateral truce. M23 troops have ...

Magnetar flares, colossal cosmic explosions, may be directly responsible for the creation and distribution of heavy elements across the universe, suggests a new study.

Objects known as neutron stars, or pulsars, are the densest in the universe, but they suffer from seismic disturbances.

"It's pretty incredible to think that some of the heavy elements all around us, like the precious metals in our phones and ...

WASHINGTON — The infighting and backstabbing that plagued President Donald Trump's first term have returned as a threat to his second, with deepening fissures over trade, national security and ...

A major mining company is pulling out of Western Alaska’s Donlin Gold project, selling most of its shares to a U.S. billionaire with a history of investing in gold. Barrick Gold Corp., a Canadian ...

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Barrick Gold Corp. ABX-T is selling its stake in the giant undeveloped Donlin gold project in Alaska to U.S. activist Paulson Advisers LLC and Novagold Resources Inc. NG-T for US$1-billion after ...

Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. In the wild, some animals have a taste for fermented fruit–which contains small amounts of alcohol. Now, for the first time ...

In the neotropics, a group of rare ants blends in with its surroundings. The ants are called Basiceros, or dirt ants, and are rarely encountered in the wild. Their bodies are covered with ...