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In a bid to unearth its own nickel, lithium, and more, the U.S. is using AI to help zero in on mineral-rich deposits.

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Some of the country's wartime environmental catastrophes, scientists say, can be turned into long-term ecological gains.

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The Florida law was passed in 2018 after the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting in Parkland in which 17 students ...

In the plains of western South Dakota, about 25 miles northeast of Mount Rushmore, the Ellsworth Air Force Base is preparing to receive the first fleet of B-21 nuclear bombers, replacing Cold War-era ...

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