The Trump administration wants to encourage private equity to invest in critical mineral projects in Venezuela with offtakes ...

Victor Relaño (Capital Madrid) | Strategic Minerals is a company with US and Spanish capital that is in charge of the exploitation of the Penouta mine, located in the municipality of Viana do Bolo in ...

Mercuria Energy Group Ltd. has held discussions with a US-backed investment company about developing a prized tantalum project in a Congolese war zone, if the Trump administration can broker a peace ...

Guerrilla groups have seized control of mining areas, exploiting Indigenous people and fuelling environmental ruin on the border with Colombia For months, Brig Gen Rafael Olaya Quintero, commander of ...

On Halloween night, chances are you'll be watching something spooky, and you’re far from alone. Horror is the fastest-rising film genre in the U.S., more than quadrupling its market share in the past ...

On the Friday, October 31, 2025 episode of The Excerpt podcast: Fear fascinates us for a reason. Psychologist Coltan Scrivner joins USA TODAY's The Excerpt to explain how morbid curiosity helps us ...

Coltan Scrivner, PhD, is a behavioral scientist and horror entertainment producer. He is the world’s leading expert on the science behind morbid curiosity and the appeal of frightening entertainment.

In “Morbidly Curious,” the behavioral scientist Coltan Scrivner takes a look at our addiction to the gory, the morbid and the grotesque. By Emily C. Hughes Emily C. Hughes is the Bram Stoker ...

The Democratic Republic of Congo said it would lift its ban on coltan exports, which it had imposed in a bid to boost the prices of the key mineral used in cutting-edge technology. Authorities in ...

Do you run to a haunted house every Halloween? Do you rubberneck after a grizzly car crash? Do you devour grotesque true crime documentaries? If so, that’s natural—and it may even be good for you, ...