Latest in Wearable Tech: This Ring Lets You See and Feel Your Lover’s Heartbeat in Real Time

The latest wearable technology — the HB Ring — allows you see and feel your lover’s heartbeat in real time. Conceived by a company called TheTouch, the rings have the ability to link up with each other from across town or across the planet. To see and feel the real-time heartbeat of one’s partner, the user simply double taps on the HB Ring. …

Birthstone of the Month: 423-Carat Logan Sapphire Has Ties to the Guggenheim Family and an Indian Maharajah

In honor of September’s official birthstone, we shine our spotlight on the “Logan Sapphire,” the second-largest faceted gem-quality blue sapphire in the world at 422.99 carats. Now part of the National Gem Collection, the sapphire is a top attraction at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. The vibrant medium-blue gem boasts a provenance that links one of America’s most …

British Officials Struggle to Keep Queen Victoria’s Sapphire Crown in the UK

Calling it a symbol of one of Britain’s most famous love stories, UK officials placed a temporary export ban on the petite sapphire and diamond crown — called a coronet — that Prince Albert gifted to Queen Victoria for their wedding in 1840. Now in the possession of a private owner, the coronet was scheduled to be auctioned with an asking price of …

402-Carat Stunner Highlights ALROSA’s Auction of ‘Special Size’ Rough Diamonds

Diamantaires from the four corners of the earth have converged on the picturesque Pacific port city of Vladivostok, Russia, to get a chance to bid on ALROSA’s “special size” rough diamonds, the largest of which tips the scales at 401.97 carats. Bidders are vying for 19 diamond lots boasting a total weight of 1,098 carats. What all the rough diamonds have in …

Polish Olympian With a Heart of Gold Sells Silver Medal to Fund a Child’s Cancer Treatment

Polish Olympian Piotr Malachowski, who won a silver medal at the 2016 Rio Games in the discus throw, put his cherished medal up for auction last week to help pay for the treatment of a three-year-old boy with a rare form of eye cancer. The boy, Olek Szymanski, has a condition called retinoblastoma, a malignant cancer that mostly affects children. …

Eureka! 145-Ounce ‘Friday’s Joy’ Is the Latest Huge Nugget to Be Discovered in Australia’s Golden Triangle

An Aussie metal-detector enthusiast was sure he had discovered a piece of rubbish — possibly an old horseshoe — when his device signaled a sizable find in Central Victoria’s storied Golden Triangle last week. What he pulled from the ground was a 145-ounce (4.12kg) gold nugget worth nearly $200,000. “I really couldn’t believe my eyes,” said the amateur prospector, who wishes to …

Music Friday: ‘Everybody Get Golden,’ Urges Parade of Lights’ Lead Vocalist Ryan Daly

Welcome to Music Friday when we bring you new tunes with jewelry, gemstones or precious metals in the title or lyrics. Today, Parade of Lights’ lead vocalist Ryan Daly urges us to get “golden” in the 2014 release of the same name. The Los Angeles-based electronic rock band uses the word “golden” as a metaphor for youthful spirit in a …