Category : science

science / science - 2 weeks ago

Better Than Gold: Critical Minerals

Critical minerals have hit the headlines of almost every news outlet this week as US President Donald Trump made his desires to mine them in Ukraine clear. These precious resources are a hot geopolitical bargaining chip thanks to our reliance on them...

science / science - 2 weeks ago

Skeptical Science New Research for Week #14 2025

Open access notables A pronounced decline in northern vegetation resistance to flash droughts from 2001 to 2022, Zhang et al.,& Nature Communications: Here we show that vegetation resistance to flash droughts declines by up to 27% (±5%) over...