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Mining for raw materials may peak by the mid-2030s ...

Researchers are looking beyond the cathode ...

It would have collapsed 450m years ago ...

Non-native species are not always harmful ...

Bush pigs introduced from mainland Africa may hold the answer ...

Tricks from the oil industry have produced a hot-rocks breakthrough ...

It would be 1000 times more accurate than today's atomic timekeepers ...

They may one day replicate its benefits ...

Some of its myriad components are being tested as treatments for cancer and other diseases ...