When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Gold is a heavy metal and one of Earth's rarer elements, formed in space when neutron stars ...

This week, Garrett is back at the Newmont Twin Creeks mine to learn how gold goes from in the ground to the finished product! Follow along on his tour of the facility on this week's field trip episode ...

Gold is helping scientists turn plant-based ethanol into valuable industrial chemicals by keeping a delicate reaction under control. When ethanol reacts too strongly with oxygen, it burns into carbon ...