It’s a debate as old as time and has had the world’s finest intellectuals at war for years – what is better to write with, fountain pens or ballpoint pens? Okay, maybe it’s not that ...

Or brainstorming novel ideas? Put pen to paper with a writing instrument to match the occasion. Using a fountain pen may take you back to your childhood and learning to write with ink for the ...

“Since its beginning, the Maiora company has been licensed to use the Nettuno 1911 trademark, the oldest Italian trademark for fountain pens, registered back in 1911,” Marino explains about ...

Conventional dip pens typically had to be reloaded with ink by the end of each sentence. The fountain pen was invented in 1880 by an insurance salesman named Louis Edson Waterman. Before the ...

New York-based novelist Amitav Ghosh recently ordered a fountain pen from an artisanal maker in India. "The last time I looked at his online list, it said my order would be ready in 95 weeks," the ...

People view the 12-foot tall amethyst geode from Uruguay hosted at the American Museum of Natural ... [+] History in New York. Thanks to geological surveys and detailed chemical analysis ...

An envelope. It indicates the ability to send an email. Amethyst is one of the most abundant crystals in the world, but the most prized pieces can cost almost a million dollars. Some of the world ...

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An oval Sterling frame captures a 14 gold plated crisscross pattern with an architectural bridge sporting gold beading and bezel set diamonds. An ample and impressive amethyst is bezel set off center.

(At one time, amethyst was also considered a precious gem, but large reserves were later found in Brazil, reducing its value.) Precious gems are formed in different ways and composed of different ...

In July a botched software update caused chaos for the airline industry worldwide When the CrowdStrike software bug bricked 8.5 million computers around the world on 19 July, some of the first ...

Nick Fountain is a reporter and co-host of Planet Money, where he covers the cracks in our economy that explain how the world works. At Planet Money, he's driven the world's longest yard sale ...