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• Foreign suitors including China eye only U.S. rare earth operator

  

  Siemens, Nissan, Hyundai rumored to be interested in acquiring Molycorp. But don't count out the very country that already controls the market, says one expert.

  January 18, 2013 5:24am | By Mark Halper

• Reggae, reefer and rare earths: Welcome to Jamaica!

  

  Could the land of Bob Marley be poised to stir it up against China's dominance of rare earths? After a recent find, Japan thinks so.

  4 | January 17, 2013 12:43am | By Mark Halper

• Britain's nuclear powered trains

  

  Reliable, roomier and CO2-free.

  7 | January 16, 2013 4:55am | By Mark Halper

• The 8-million-year-old origins of Facebook

  

  Before there were humans, there were chimps. And chimps shared.

  4 | January 15, 2013 5:09am | By Mark Halper

• World's first electrically powered car ferry

  

  Across Norway's largest fjord. Recharges at dock in 10 minutes.

  January 14, 2013 4:55am | By Mark Halper

• Work standing up, lose weight

  

  Three hours a day burns eight pounds a year.

  January 11, 2013 4:45am | By Mark Halper

• Half of all food wasted

  

  And then there's the water and energy blown in cultivating and transporting it. Change your ways and you can help feed 3 billion people.

  58 | January 10, 2013 4:43am | By Mark Halper

• China snubs Western complaints, restricts rare earth exports again

  

  You might have been on Christmas break and not noticed when China tightened its stranglehold on the metals vital to everything from missiles to iPhones.

  5 | January 9, 2013 5:28am | By Mark Halper

• Glow-in-the-dark highway: the video

  

  Luminescent road markings. Overhead lights powered by the draft of passing cars. Take a drive on the road of the future in this 1-minute clip from a country better known for bikes than autos.

  2 | January 8, 2013 3:30am | By Mark Halper

• The secret to longevity: Wine and radioactivity

  

  People on the Mediterranean island of Ikaria live a decade longer than other westerners. Ninety-year-olds are sexually active there. Opa! Is it the water or the wine for these ancient Greeks?

  13 | January 7, 2013 4:44am | By Mark Halper

• Medical first: Surgeons remove man's hand, attach another

  

  Hand transplants are old news. But never before had a recipient gone to the operating table fully limbed. Another advance in hand for medical science.

  January 4, 2013 4:09am | By Mark Halper

• World's first large screen OLED TV hits market

  

  It's thin! It's light! It's vibrant! It's yours, for only $10,334! LG is now taking orders for its 55-incher.

  January 2, 2013 7:16pm | By Mark Halper

• Shark tank bursts in Shanghai mall

  

  Start 2013 with this fishy video. And in case it gets you pondering Chinese building standards, we included a bonus clip of a girl who falls 20 feet through collapsing sidewalk.

  January 2, 2013 4:03pm | By Mark Halper

• 2012: The year in natural disasters

  

  Can't keep up with constant natural disasters and extreme weather events? One website captures all from the last year on a splendid interactive map with photos. Includes bubble clouds and spiders.

  December 28, 2012 3:02am | By Mark Halper

• Head injury creates a musical genius

  

  Dive in the shallow end. Crack your skull. Lose hearing. Play piano like Beethoven even if you never played before. Derek Amato did.

  2 | December 26, 2012 7:33am | By Mark Halper

• 9 amazing energy 'believe it or not' numbers from 2012

  

  The U.S. wastes more energy than it uses. It costs only 41 cents a year to charge an iPhone. Plus other 'facts' that you might find either sadly true or literally incredible.

  18 | December 24, 2012 3:38am | By Mark Halper

• Philips recalls LED bulb for electrical fault

  

  Leaking current could turn housing "live" after 30 minutes.

  3 | December 22, 2012 3:58am | By Mark Halper

• Nuclear heat is on in Norway

  

  Reactor provides industrial steam to paper mill.

  1 | December 21, 2012 4:32am | By Mark Halper

• Shares surge as Japan's new leader looks to revive nuclear

  

  Incoming Prime Minister Shinzo Abe smiles upon the idea of restarting the country's reactors.

  1 | December 20, 2012 10:48am | By Mark Halper

• The shortest route: Russia ships gas to Japan via Arctic

  

  Oh what a nuclear powered icebreaker can do!

  2 | December 20, 2012 4:29am | By Mark Halper