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Today’s big question: What are RARE EARTHS?

photo retrieved from http://www.bbc.com/news/world-17357863  Rare earths  actually must be called as  silent heroes  of modern technology and industry. Rare earths are series of chemical elements found in the  Earth’s crust  that are vital to  many modern technologies  such as consumer electronics, computers, communications, network, clean energy, transportation, health care, environmental mitigation, national defense, military technologies, battery systems, wind turbines and many others. World technology and energy community use these rare earths in several fields. The Japanese call rare earths “ the seeds of technology .” The US Department of Energy calls rare earths  “technology metals.”  Rare earth elements are  17 elements  that are considered to be rare earth elements in the periodic table—15 elements in the lanthanide series and two additional elements that share similar chemical properties. Who are these sile...