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 ...

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 ...

As rich ore gets harder to find, the mining industry is using subatomic particles to map rock deep underground ...

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NASA’s Perseverance rover has spotted unusually high levels of nickel inancient Mars rocks, pointing to a surprisingly rich ...

The Science Education Center houses thousands of rock and mineral samples in what is known as "The Rock & Mineral Room." The entire collection can be viewed by clicking on each of the virtual drawers ...

Do you know a child who finds endless wonder in nature and expresses that wonder by collecting EVERYTHING, from shells to sticks to rocks? Exploring and collecting are signs of intellectual curiosity.

Researchers have discovered at least two minerals that have never been found on Earth. The minerals came from a meteorite found in El Ali, a town in Somalia and the namesake of the meteorite. The El ...

STORM WATCH: Rounds of rain and storms likely into next week We are on Storm Watch as a series of Weathermakers will bring rain and thunderstorms at times starting later today, and continuing at times ...

The specimens in the Science History Institute's latest exhibit are spiky, striking and, in some cases, fluorescent. A few are toxic, and at least one is otherworldly. All of them are on permanent ...

The Coors Hall of Gems & Minerals has been a popular attraction since it opened in 1982. Now, it's time for a reimagining.