Author name: Delia Pennington

Rare earth elements, a series of chemically very similar elements, have been much in the news in recent years because they are critical in many high-tech applications. This deposit at Mountain Pass, California, was discovered in the late 1940s and supplied much of the global demand for decades. However, the uses of rare earths were

Japan is a treasure trove of movie theaters. While many boast decades of history, most of such old cinemas have been rebuilt, renovated, or relocated in response to the needs of the times. But in the city of Motomiya in Fukushima Prefecture, there is a century-old theater preserved just the way it once was. Built