Mining

We Pre-Live-Blogged the 2015 Australian Federal Budget

05.05.15

By Lee Zachariah
News

One of the Militia Groups That Helped Cliven Bundy Is Now Helping Oregon Gold Miners

04.23.15

By Max Cherney
News

Pollution, Prisons, Sickness, and Raves: Inside Russia’s ‘City of the Colorful Sky’

04.22.15

By Alexandros Katsis and Maria Louka
News

Over One Hundred Environmentalists Around the World Were Murdered in 2014, According to a New Report

04.20.15

By Darren Ankrom
News

Mexican Workers at Canadian Mines Are Under Constant Threat of Cartel Kidnappings, Killings

04.13.15

By Nathaniel Janowitz and Benjamin Fernandez
News

Get Ready For an Explosion of Mining on the Ocean Floor

04.08.15

By Sefton Darby
Tech

Pollution From Ancient Metallurgy is Still Affecting the Environment Today

03.23.15

By Monica Blaylock
Are Mining Interests Behind Western Australian Remote Aboriginal Community Closures?

03.19.15

By Paul Gregoire
News

Here’s What Coal Mining Is Doing to Communities in the Navajo Nation

03.18.15

By Laura Dattaro
News

Here’s How China Is Screwing North Korea’s Economy

03.10.15

By Laura Dattaro
News

Wisconsin Tribes and Environmentalists Put a Halt to a $1.5 Billion Iron Ore Mine Project

03.08.15

By Lois Parshley
Indigenous Australians Are Excluded from Managing Water on Their Own Land

03.03.15

By Jack Callil

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Tech

This App Helps Paleontologists (And You) Identify Dinosaur Tracks

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By Luis Prada
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Music

Arctic Monkeys May Not Have Imminent Studio Plans, but Drummer Matt Helders Isn’t Ruling It Out

Arctic Monkeys drummer Matt Helders revealed that the band wasn’t thinking of making a new album when they recorded a one-off single.

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By Lauren Boisvert
Nike

Life

What Do Nike’s New ‘Mind-Altering’ Shoes Actually Do?

Nike says its upcoming Mind 001 and Mind 002 shoes can influence how your brain feels and responds by stimulating the soles of your feet.

22 minutes ago

By Ashley Fike
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Gaming

Nintendo Adds First Non-Binary Mii Option in Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream

Nintendo confirms non-binary Mii options and same-sex romance in Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream, launching April 2026 on Switch 2.

22 minutes ago

By Brent Koepp
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Life

Everything We Know About the Man Who Cut Off His Own Foot for Medical School

A 20-year-old man reportedly did something so extreme it feels hard to process even after you read it twice.

29 minutes ago

By Ashley Fike