At the Venice Biennale, a project by Icelandic firm s.ap arkitektar envisions the year 2150, when buildings and cities made ...

Corsair launch a very important product for them - the new Obsidian 500D, following on the legendary 450D. What have they improved and more importantly is it worth the high asking price? Read the full ...

You can craft a Celestial Sigil at any workbench, even a primitive one. But before you start hammering away, you must collect ...

Obsidian, a gemstone also known as volcanic glass, is widely distributed in the Southwest. It is an extrusive igneous rock comprised of feldspar and quartz, endemic to volcanic regions.

A poorly made stone tool, tossed aside in a garden, becomes a powerful reminder that we are only the latest chapter in this ...

Visitors can fish, swim, paddle or soak in a hot spring at Pauline and East lakes in Newberry National Volcanic Monument in Central Oregon.

With her use of bright colors, Blades is sometimes compared to Jackson Pollack, the Abstract Expressionist who splattered and ...

The oldest Preclassic mirrors (2000 BCE to 250 CE) were fashioned from polished iron ores, but later Postclassic period mirrors (900 CE to 1450 CE) were made from obsidian, a typically black ...

Even with 11 seismic stations gathering real-time data about the Alaskan volcano — even with devices measuring how it is changing shape in response to incoming magma, with planes circling in the ...

Obsidian originated from a geological formation known as the Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt, spanning 621 miles (1,000 kilometers) from the west to east coasts in central Mexico, the study authors noted.

Obsidian originated from a geological formation known as the Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt, spanning 621 miles (1,000 kilometers) from the west to east coasts in central Mexico, the study authors noted.

Obsidian is volcanic glass and the sharpest material on earth. And while it's still in abundance today, it isn't the tool of tomorrow.