Chimpanzee experiments suggest early humans were likely fascinated by crystals because of their unique transparency and ...

A team of physicists has computationally constructed a two-dimensional material that behaves like a paradox: it is disordered ...

Scientists observe a visible time crystal for the first time, revealing a phase of matter that repeats patterns through time.

Primates of all stripes really love their crystals. Archeologists have found the shiny rocks at dig sites dating back as long as 780,000 years ago. Although, we are still not sure if our ancestors ...

The researchers were hoping to understand whether our own species' long documented appreciation (bordering on obsession) with crystals ...

They gave quartz, calcite and other types of crystals to chimpanzees in a rehabilitation center. The apes responded with great interest, and the researchers ended up needing to trade large amounts of ...

Scientists in Spain investigated which characteristics of crystals may have made them so fascinating to our ancestors.

Download the experiment instructions HERE! Crystals form through a process called crystallization which is when a liquid solidifies into a highly structured solid. While crystals can form when liquid ...