Traces of ancient life were locked inside a 2.5 billion-year-old ruby from Greenland, according to a new study. The planet's oldest rubies, sparkling red gemstones made up of a transparent red mineral ...

After its discovery in the form of remains two years ago, researchers have finally found ruby seadragons off the coast of Australia. Michelle Starr is CNET's science editor, and she hopes to get you ...

The goodwill and generosity of our public school families and sites is sometimes nothing short of remarkable. For example, consider the Ruby Bridges Elementary School science camp. Every year, the ...

Freelancer Michael Franco writes about the serious and silly sides of science and technology for CNET and other pixel and paper pubs. He's kept his fingers on the keyboard while owning a B&B in Amish ...

Ruby the Burmese roofed turtle (Batagur trivittata) might not be fighting crime like the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, but ...

Australian researchers have observed two specimens of a rare sea dragon that's never before been seen alive. Sea dragons aren't very common, found in the waters off the coast of southern Australia.

Gem hunters have always been natural geologists, seeking the mother lode long before researchers explained how gems and minerals form. Now, scientists want to officially link precious gems to their ...

[David Helfand]: She pulled out eight plane tickets—there were eight of us in the class—to fly us to Tucson, Arizona for the month of January, we used to have January off, just to meet astronomers, ...

The Fil-Am rapper talks about how she balances both passions and what she's learned from both working in labs and on-stage That she worked in a biotech laboratory had never truly a secret about Fil-Am ...