Pyrite, an iron sulfide ore, is often known as fool's gold because its shiny metallic luster and pale brass-yellow color can easily fool the untrained eye into mistaking it for real gold. This time, ...

An unusual ship, the Hidden Gem, set sail in late 2022 to test a daring idea: how to mine valuable minerals on the ocean floor. An unusual ship, the Hidden Gem, set sail in late 2022 to test a daring ...

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When I set sail on the MV NorSky in the summer of 2008 to probe the depths of Manus Basin off the coast of Papua New Guinea, I believed in the promise of deep-sea mining. As an early-career deep-sea ...