by Ralph Benko | May 8, 2014 | Uncategorized
Photo courtesy of Los Alamos National Laboratory Originally posted on Thursday, May 8th, 2014 Scientists at the Los Alamos National Laboratory recently identified the world’s largest single crystal gold nugget, worth an estimated $1.5M (for its rarity rather...
by Ralph Benko | May 6, 2014 | Uncategorized
Image courtesy of Wikipedia Originally posted on Tuesday, May 6th, 2014 In the Kaiser Friedrich Museum (now Gemäldegalerie), Berlin, there resides a beautiful painting by Rembrandt, The Money Changer. Rembrandt captures the golden candle light and yet one is struck by...
by Ralph Benko | May 1, 2014 | Uncategorized
Frost family grave, photo by Richard Avery Originally posted on Thursday, May 1st, 2014 Robert Frost famously wrote a rather melancholy poem, Nothing Gold Can Stay: “Nature’s first green is gold, The hardest hue to hold.” Now science, reports Gizmag,...
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