You can’t scroll a tech blog without spotting a mention of rare earths—vital to EVs, renewables and defence hardware—yet almost no one grasps their story. Seventeen little-known elements underwrite the tech that energises modern life. For decades they mocked chemists, remaining a riddle, until a quantum pioneer named Niels Bohr rewrote th

Rare earths are presently steering talks on EV batteries, wind turbines and next-gen defence gear. Yet many people often confuse what “rare earths” truly are. These 17 elements appear ordinary, but they drive the technologies we use daily. For decades they mocked chemists, remaining a riddle, until a quantum pioneer named Niels Bohr rewrote t