The small stones used to create these paintings come in a variety of colors: red ruby, garnet, and spinel; blue sapphire; green peridot, pargasite, or chalcedony; purple fluorite or amethyst; and pink ...

A team of Washington State University-led researchers has recreated the world's oldest synthetic pigment, called Egyptian ...

The Air Jordan 4 model was the first Michael Jordan signature shoe to have a global release. AJ4s are essentially how the ...

This Kansas City bridge stills carry traffic. The view from the bridge drew high praise when it was built in 1907.

Just as many-faceted as the birthstones themselves, though, are the origins of their names. A great many of them came into ...