In 2023, China's pearl market sales hit 35 billion yuan ($4.88 billion), up 45.83 percent year-on-year. Over the past five ...

Mother-of-pearl is the hard, silvery, internal layer of several kinds of shells, especially oysters, the large varieties ... If the stone be wetted with soap and water it is less liable to be ...

Moments in human history are etched into the Earth. Now researchers are piecing together evidence of our impact on the planet – through the marks we've left on nature.

New images captured by NASA's Curiosity rover show colorful clouds in the sky over Mars. The images were captured by the ...

We invited teenagers to write miniature memoirs about meaningful moments in their lives. Read the 20 winning stories. By The Learning Network This year’s Super Bowl was likely the biggest ...

It’s beginning to look a lot like oyster season. From early-November through ‘til late-April, the crisp, nutrient-rich waters of Albany’s Oyster Harbour are brimming with perfect, plump Leeuwin Coast ...

Overall Oscars commentary (Updated Feb. 11, 2025): Final Oscar voting is underway. Since July, six films have occupied the No. 1 spot on Variety’s best picture charts, “Anora” among them ...

Violette Dorange completed her first Vendée Globe at 10:39hrs (UTC ... during which one of her sails fell into the water. "It's both frightening, and at the same time too too beautiful" she says of ...