There's a New Breed of Forty-Niners Rushing to the Pacific
Lured by the soaring price of the precious metal, prospectors are heading for the California hills like it's 1849 all over again
July 2012 |
By Abigail Tucker
The Devastating Costs of the Amazon Gold Rush
Spurred by rising global demand for the metal, miners are destroying invaluable rainforest in Peru's Amazon basin
February 2012 |
By Donovan Webster
The Secrets Within Cosmic Dust
Dust captured by a spacecraft from a comet's tail holds clues to the origin of the solar system
December 2009 |
By Robert Irion
Golden Grail
Few U.S. coins are rarer than the never circulated 1933 double eagle, melted down after the nation dropped the gold standard
June 2008 |
By Owen Edwards
Midas Touch
To clean highly polluted groundwater, Michael Wong has developed a detergent based on gold
October 2007 |
By William Booth
Mystery at Sea
How mercury gets into tuna and other fish in the ocean has scientists searching from the coast to the floor
September 27, 2007 |
By Eric Jaffe
West African Gold: Out of the Ordinary
The inventive goldwork and royal regalia of Ghana's Akan people on display in a new exhibition are drawn, strikingly, from daily life
December 2005 |
By Doug Stewart
A Metal Far From Base
A tiny flake started the rush to California, but where gold is concerned, that isn't the half of it
July 1998 |
By Jan Adkins
