Noel King

We call them critical minerals because they're critical. A handful of elements that we need for modern technologies.

We call them critical minerals because they're critical. A handful of elements that we need for modern technologies.

We call them critical minerals because they're critical. A handful of elements that we need for modern technologies.

China controls 90% of these minerals, and this worries the U.S.

China controls 90% of these minerals, and this worries the U.S.

China controls 90% of these minerals, and this worries the U.S.

So the U.S. needs to find them stat. Some of the places we're looking are uneasy about the attention.

So the U.S. needs to find them stat. Some of the places we're looking are uneasy about the attention.

So the U.S. needs to find them stat. Some of the places we're looking are uneasy about the attention.

Some, like the ocean, are as yet unexplored, and some asteroids are on the bleeding edge of what we can even imagine. Coming up on Today Explained, Minecraft. Support for today's show comes from BetterHelp. June is Men's Mental Health Month. And according to the Anxiety and Depression Association of America, six million men in the U.S.

Some, like the ocean, are as yet unexplored, and some asteroids are on the bleeding edge of what we can even imagine. Coming up on Today Explained, Minecraft. Support for today's show comes from BetterHelp. June is Men's Mental Health Month. And according to the Anxiety and Depression Association of America, six million men in the U.S.

Some, like the ocean, are as yet unexplored, and some asteroids are on the bleeding edge of what we can even imagine. Coming up on Today Explained, Minecraft. Support for today's show comes from BetterHelp. June is Men's Mental Health Month. And according to the Anxiety and Depression Association of America, six million men in the U.S.

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All right, so go ahead and give me your full name and tell me who you are.

All right, so go ahead and give me your full name and tell me who you are.