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Treasure hunters search for fabled gold on Philippines island. Hoard may not even exist.
By Tom Metcalfe published
Excavations by treasure hunters searching for a hoard of gold in the Philippines, said to have been hidden by a Japanese World War II general, are threatening to cause landslides in a remote village.
Bizarre 'Nanoseaweed' Is the Thinnest Gold in the World
By Brandon Specktor published
The thinnest gold in the world will, sadly, not be adorning your fingers anytime soon.
Completely New Form of Gold Created
By Yasemin Saplakoglu published
Gold rearranges its atoms and forms a previously unknown structure.
This Fungus Mines For Gold, Then Wears It
By Mindy Weisberger published
Silence is golden. In Australia, so is the fungus.
Scientists Think They've Found the Ancient Neutron Star Crash That Showered Our Solar System in Gold
By Brandon Specktor published
A nearby neutron star collision may have rained bling on our solar system when it was a baby.
Cancer DNA Binds to Gold. That Could Lead to New Cancer Blood Test.
By Rachael Rettner published
Researchers have discovered a curious difference between the DNA from cancer cells and that from healthy cells, and this finding could lead to a new blood test for cancer.
Which Is Rarer: Gold or Diamonds?
By Joanna Fantozzi published
Diamonds are forever, and gold is precious, but which is rarer? And does that rarity have anything to do with the price we see at a jewelry store?
A Russian Cargo Plane Just Dropped 3 Tons of Gold Over Siberia
By Brandon Specktor published
About $378 million in gold rained down from the skies of Siberia after the back of a cargo plane holding the treasure ripped off.
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