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A mineral is an element or chemical compound that is normally crystalline and that has been formed as a result of geological processes. Gold, Silver, and carbon are elements that form minerals on their own. They are called native elements.
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JAN 05, 2016Videos
The United Nations has declared 2016 the International Year of Pulses. This is an ancient term for foods we often refer ...Written By: Kara MarkerDEC 28, 2015Space & Astronomy
Not only are new types of animal species being discovered in the depths of the Earth’s oceans, but so are new type ...Written By: Anthony BouchardNOV 24, 2015Space & Astronomy
With mining spatial bodies, such as asteroids, now deemed legal by congress, and with no restrictions or regulations bei ...Written By: Anthony BouchardNOV 06, 2015Plants & Animals
Come Fall each year, the leaves on the trees turn a beautiful orange/brown/yellow color that makes the world look like s ...Written By: Anthony BouchardOCT 20, 2015Earth & The Environment
If you ask a number of people when life began on Earth, you’ll get a slew of different answers. There are so many ...Written By: Anthony BouchardSEP 02, 2015Microbiology
Vitamin and mineral deficiency is a significant global health problem. Nearly 18% of the global population is defi ...Written By: Kerry EvansAUG 26, 2015Space & Astronomy
NASA is closely watching the dwarf planet of Ceres, which is the largest object in the asteroid belt between the planets ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 20, 2015Videos
Scientists continue to be baffled by what may have been the recipe for life here on Earth. There are tons of theories; b ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 10, 2015Videos
Astronauts aboard the International Space Station are for the first time eating some of their space-grown red romaine le ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 28, 2015Videos
Dr. Bob Ballard, an oceanographer, explains how the world's oceans can remain so salty all the time. Where does the salt ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUL 19, 2015Space & Astronomy
Asteroids are rocky bodies that orbit the Sun along with all of the planets. Many of them are relatively close to the Su ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 15, 2015Health & Medicine
Kale, the current leafy green of choice for many health-savvy people in the United States, could potentially be under sc ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUN 01, 2015Health & Medicine
It's world milk day today (June 1st, 2015) and to celebrate the common household dairy product, we will be sharing some ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUN 01, 2015Space & Astronomy
The search for life on other planets is an age old quest. Astronomers, scientists, astronauts and regular backyard starg ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAY 29, 2015Plants & Animals
In television commercials at Christmas and Valentine's Day, it's all about the diamonds. Every store wants to lure the c ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimAPR 27, 2015Space & Astronomy
To learn more about the minerals and surface processes on Mercury, instruments aboard NASA's MESSENGER space ...Written By: Andrew J. DunlopAPR 07, 2015Microbiology
Insects form swarms, fish school, birds flock together. Likewise, one species of bacteria forms dynamic, living crystals ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeAPR 04, 2015Space & Astronomy
Two-tone mineral veins at a site NASA's Curiosity rover has reached by climbing a layered Martian mountain offer clues a ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAR 24, 2015Earth & The Environment
The alchemists thought they could turn lead into gold. Maybe they should have focused on baser material.
As ...Written By: Robert WoodardMAR 21, 2015Space & Astronomy
A bizarre crystal-like mineral recently found in a meteorite that crashed to Earth perhaps 15,000 years ago adds more su ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAR 12, 2015Health & Medicine
Happy World Kidney Day! Now go drink some water!
Eating a healthy and balanced food is important in order to ...Written By: Jennifer EllisMAR 04, 2015Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientific debate has been hot lately about whether microbial nanowires, the specialized electrical pili of the mud-dwel ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimFEB 24, 2015Earth & The Environment
Researchers have found a 55,000-year-old partial skull in the northern Israel community of Manot, from about the time wh ...Written By: Ilene Schneider
JAN 05, 2016
Videos
The United Nations has declared 2016 the International Year of Pulses. This is an ancient term for foods we often refer
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
DEC 28, 2015
Space & Astronomy
Not only are new types of animal species being discovered in the depths of the Earth’s oceans, but so are new type
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
NOV 24, 2015
Space & Astronomy
With mining spatial bodies, such as asteroids, now deemed legal by congress, and with no restrictions or regulations bei
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
NOV 06, 2015
Plants & Animals
Come Fall each year, the leaves on the trees turn a beautiful orange/brown/yellow color that makes the world look like s
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
OCT 20, 2015
Earth & The Environment
If you ask a number of people when life began on Earth, you’ll get a slew of different answers. There are so many
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 02, 2015
Microbiology
Vitamin and mineral deficiency is a significant global health problem. Nearly 18% of the global population is defi
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
AUG 26, 2015
Space & Astronomy
NASA is closely watching the dwarf planet of Ceres, which is the largest object in the asteroid belt between the planets
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 20, 2015
Videos
Scientists continue to be baffled by what may have been the recipe for life here on Earth. There are tons of theories; b
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 10, 2015
Videos
Astronauts aboard the International Space Station are for the first time eating some of their space-grown red romaine le
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 28, 2015
Videos
Dr. Bob Ballard, an oceanographer, explains how the world's oceans can remain so salty all the time. Where does the salt
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUL 19, 2015
Space & Astronomy
Asteroids are rocky bodies that orbit the Sun along with all of the planets. Many of them are relatively close to the Su
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 15, 2015
Health & Medicine
Kale, the current leafy green of choice for many health-savvy people in the United States, could potentially be under sc
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUN 01, 2015
Health & Medicine
It's world milk day today (June 1st, 2015) and to celebrate the common household dairy product, we will be sharing some
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 01, 2015
Space & Astronomy
The search for life on other planets is an age old quest. Astronomers, scientists, astronauts and regular backyard starg
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAY 29, 2015
Plants & Animals
In television commercials at Christmas and Valentine's Day, it's all about the diamonds. Every store wants to lure the c
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
APR 27, 2015
Space & Astronomy
To learn more about the minerals and surface processes on Mercury, instruments aboard NASA's MESSENGER space ...
Written By:
Andrew J. Dunlop
APR 07, 2015
Microbiology
Insects form swarms, fish school, birds flock together. Likewise, one species of bacteria forms dynamic, living crystals
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
APR 04, 2015
Space & Astronomy
Two-tone mineral veins at a site NASA's Curiosity rover has reached by climbing a layered Martian mountain offer clues a
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAR 24, 2015
Earth & The Environment
The alchemists thought they could turn lead into gold. Maybe they should have focused on baser material.
As ...
As ...
Written By:
Robert Woodard
MAR 21, 2015
Space & Astronomy
A bizarre crystal-like mineral recently found in a meteorite that crashed to Earth perhaps 15,000 years ago adds more su
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAR 12, 2015
Health & Medicine
Happy World Kidney Day! Now go drink some water!
Eating a healthy and balanced food is important in order to ...
Eating a healthy and balanced food is important in order to ...
Written By:
Jennifer Ellis
MAR 04, 2015
Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientific debate has been hot lately about whether microbial nanowires, the specialized electrical pili of the mud-dwel
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
FEB 24, 2015
Earth & The Environment
Researchers have found a 55,000-year-old partial skull in the northern Israel community of Manot, from about the time wh
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider