Aden Kahr Humans have long been fascinated by crystals. Archaeological evidence suggests our ancestors have treasured small quartz and calcite stones for at least 780,000 years, often bringing them ...

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 ...

Word of the day: Diaphanous means light, delicate, and almost transparent. It often describes sheer fabric, soft light, or ...

Fossil’s freshly reissued Big Tic timepiece is ready to party like it’s 1999.

Springy silicone, candy-coloured resin and second-hand cat figurines are among the materials used to create these shining examples of lamps spotted by Dezeen's design and interiors reporter Jane ...

At Leroy’s, Los Angeles, the artist stages her room-divider sculptures amid her parents’ damaged photographic archives ...

Check out Month of Printmaking shows in Denver, Aurora, Boulder and Fort Collins.

Imagine this: you are 10-years old, and your art teacher or summer camp counselor takes out a bottle of glue and shaving cream — you instantly know what you are about to make.

Natural silica glass, found in Earth's driest regions, forms when intense heat from meteor impacts or atmospheric explosions ...

Scientists in Brazil have uncovered evidence of a previously unknown impact event recorded in hundreds of glassy fragments ...

Brazilian scientists have discovered glassy fragments, known as tektites, revealing evidence of a massive extraterrestrial impact event that occurred 6.3 million years ago.