Ten Incredible Lost Treasures of the World

(Click above to listen to this article read aloud.) Our planet is full of things that have been lost over time, never to be recovered. We might think that because of satellites, the internet, and that everyone has a camera on them at all times, it would be impossible to lose something for good these...
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The Fabulous Fabergé Eggs

(Click above to listen to this article read aloud.) Fabergé eggs are synonymous with the decadence of imperial Russian rule before the Russian Revolution of 1917. There were around 69 eggs created, and 57 remain–although some are still lost in the wake of the World Wars, and communist rule in Russia. The eggs were made...
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Looking Back at the California Gold Rush

(Click above to listen to this article read aloud.) Gold rushes have shaped human history all over the world. Some of the world’s biggest cities originally flourished as gold rush towns. San Francisco was one of them. In America, the California Gold Rush took place in 1849 until around the end of the 1850s and...
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A Lexicon of Metals

In general, a “metal” is a material that is usually hard, opaque, sometimes shiny, and possessing electrical and thermal conductivity capabilities. Metals are generally malleable and ductile, which means that they can be bent or hammered out of their original shapes into different shapes (malleability) or extruded into wire or bars (ductility) , without breaking...
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The Evolution of Alchemy

(Click above to listen to this article read aloud.) The name alchemy comes etymologically from Arabic and Late Greek. Ancient Greeks had a term ‘khēmía’, and the Arabic part is the ‘al’, which means ‘the’. A loose interpretation of the word in this form is: the process of transmutation to fuse or reunite with the...
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What is a Goldback?

(Click above to listen to this article read aloud.) A Goldback is an innovative new form of money. It’s the world’s first voluntary currency that is created from a small amount of spendable 24-karat gold. They are an inflation proof form of money, and allow people to use gold for any kind of transaction no...
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The Seven Metals of Antiquity

(Click above to listen to this article read aloud.) Our world today is full of different metals of varying value. Metals can naturally occur on Earth, or asteroids and meteorites bring them to the planet when they make impact. In more recent times, we have combined materials to make new, stronger metals. Humanity’s development has...
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