crystals
Frozen Soap Bubbles Look Like Nature's Crystal Snow Globes
Cheryl Johnson treks into the winter weather to photograph gorgeous, soapy art.
Cosmologists Discovered a New Kind of Crystal by Looking at Satellite Orbits
Now the search begins to find them in nature.
Freshly Fallen Snowflakes Make for Stunning Close-Up Photos
Here's how photographer Alexey Kljatov captures his macro images of snow crystals.
Intricate Agates Are Nature's Data Viz
These gorgeous linear patterns are encoded records of a changing Earth.
How Horns Filled with Cow Shit Affect the Way I Cook
I grew up in a commune that shared a similar ethos to Rudolf Steiner's social reforms (which included biodynamic farming). As I grew older, I rejected the environment I was raised in, but the moon phases, cow skulls, and farming practices have...
This New Oxygen-Hoarding Crystal Is the Future of Breathing Underwater
Just a bucket of this stuff can steal all of the oxygen in a room.
Glowing, Crystal-Covered Sculpture Looks Like It Came From The Fortress Of Solitude
With 9000 LED's and a WiFi-enabled Linux computer, this crystalline light installation changes colors through the click of a button.
Baby Squid And Gorgeous Fungus Win The "Art Of Science" Photo Competition
Princeton announced the winners of its annual "Art Of Science" contest, and we highlighted a few of our favorites.
Perfectly Disordered 'Anticrystals' Could Reveal the Secrets of Materials
A slight mess is much closer to random chaos than pure crystalline order.
How Many Crystals Do You Have Left Inside You?
Crystal Eaters, the latest novel by Shane Jones, is not about people jacked on crystal meth, but instead is itself a form of drugs.
[Video] Crystal Nano Flowers And The Future Of Architectural Chemistry
Harvard scientists are using nano-chemistry to create tiny floral architecture.