Ariel Courage's debut novel, 'Bad Nature,' centers on a chaotic woman who takes to the road after receiving a terminal ...

When you think of expensive gemstones, what comes to mind? Most people think of the Big Four: diamonds, emeralds, rubies and sapphires. However, it might surprise you to know that there are ...

In the West, the practice of exchanging rings to mark a betrothal dates back to ancient Rome, when noble families would trade iron bands—known as annuli pronubi—to signify that a marriage agreement ...

In the West, the practice of exchanging rings to mark a betrothal dates back to ancient Rome, when noble families would trade iron bands – known as annuli pronubi – to signify that a marriage ...

In Indian Lake, the former Stewart’s Shop reopened in the summer of 2022 as the town’s welcome center. Food aisles were transformed into a cozy room with Great Camp-style furniture and the back-wall ...

Some natural opals, mostly from Ethiopia, show a macroscopic finger-like structure called a digit pattern. This pattern consists of vertical columns that are more or less parallel, separated by a ...

A rare diamond exhibit in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, featured a special blue diamond, with the exhibit's worth totaling $100 million amid the display of 700 total carats of diamonds.

From Old Country Bumpkin to Master Swordsman is based on a light novel series by Shigeru Sagazaki. The anime series is ...

High water in Buffalo Bayou after Hurricane Beryl. The view is looking from the Shepherd Drive overpass over Allen Parkway. Hurricane Beryl was so devastating that "Beryl" will no longer be used ...