diamonds

A woman with a history of sleepwalking claims a recent bad dream led to real-life nightmare.

A Texas woman on a first-time visit to Arkansas’ Crater of Diamonds State Park says she discovered a nearly 4-carat…

Some precision chemistry performed atop a slice of table salt has given researchers unprecedented views of a…

Billions of years ago when the world was still young, treasure began forming deep underground. As the edges of…

Zack Geballe spent months screwing together pairs of polished diamonds at the Carnegie Institution for Science’s…

Parts of the Earth’s mantle might be loaded with diamonds, if a new model turns out to be correct. But no, you can’t…

“Diamonds are forever” is a cliche that fails to fully encapsulate the many strange properties of diamonds. But a…

For years, astronomers have struggled to understand the source of anomalous microwave emissions coming from various…

A team of physicists has figured out how to bend diamonds, according to a new paper. Okay, we’re talking about…

Back in 2008, an 80-ton meteor exploded over the Nubian Desert of Sudan, showering the region with hundreds of tiny…

Diamonds, the super-strong and brilliant crystals of carbon atoms produced under the Earth’s crushing pressures, are…

Workers at Lesotho’s Letšeng mine have discovered an absolute whopper of a diamond, rated at 910-carats. Roughly the…

Did you know a cheap red laser pointer is good for more than just annoying people at a movie theater? As YouTube’s St…

A pastor and independent miner in Sierra Leone has unearthed an uncut 706-carat diamond estimated to be worth tens…

When you win a championship as a professional athlete, you get a ring. But it’s not a normal ring meant for normal…

Thanks to Onkyo, throwing on a pair of fancy rose gold Beats headphones is no longer a status symbol. Compared to…

Fancy treating yourself? The world’s largest ever blue diamond is going up for auction on May 18th at Christie’s in…

Geoengineering — hacking Earth’s climate system to reverse global warming — often sounds a bit preposterous, whether…

It takes a lot to make a diamond burn — but it can be done. Watch these people prank a Nobel Prize winner, while…

Diamonds you’re familiar with. Pandanus candelabrum, not so much. And until recently, botanists didn’t pay much…