Minerals aren’t just in rocks—they’re in your house, your food, even your body! From aluminum cans to toothpaste, and calcium to iron, discover how minerals shape the world around us and why they’re ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Minerals are the non-living building blocks of the natural world ...

Test your rock & mineral smarts—are you a Rock Star? Think you know rocks and minerals? Take the Science Trek quiz! Test your smarts on gold, salt, Earth’s oldest rocks, gemstones on Mars, and the ...

To avoid the worst effects of climate change, many billions of metric tons of industrially generated carbon dioxide will have to be captured and stored away by the end of this century. One place to ...

Trading gems, minerals, fossils and meteorites can be fraught with controversy and ethical ambiguity. But is the answer to ...

KALAMAZOO COUNTY, MI -- Stepping into Rockhound Rock Shop, visitors are transported to another world. There’s a seemingly never-ending cascade of rooms in the Galesburg shop, each with a different ...

NEW YORK, NY - JULY 4: Fireworks are launched from the Brooklyn Bridge during Macy's Independence Day fireworks show on July 4, 2019 in New York City. (Photo by Gary Hershorn/Getty Images) There would ...

There would be no fireworks without rocks and minerals. An aerial fireworks burst is produced by launching a fireworks shell high into the air, where an explosion occurs. This explosion propels ...

About a 40-minute drive from Milwaukee, there's a show that will dazzle you whether you're a rock lover or not. It's the Rock, Mineral, Gem and Earth Science Show, happening ...