Johannes Vermeer's "Girl With The Pearl Earring" is one of the world's most popular paintings — and now scientists believe they know why, by measuring how the brain reacts when the work is viewed.

Yet for years, art experts have wondered what makes Dutch master Johannes Vermeer’s Girl with a Pearl Earring (1665)—“the Mona Lisa of the north”—so appealing. Now, an independent ...

Johannes Vermeer's "Girl With a Pearl Earring" is one of the world's most popular paintings – and now scientists believe they know why, by measuring how the brain reacts when the work is viewed. The ...

Pictures, hair & makeup: Selina Nunn. When Pearl Valor reflects on the key reasons that led to her and husband Paul breaking away from the reclusive Gloriavale community, one stands out above the rest ...

Pearl Jam appeared on CBS Sunday Morning over the weekend to chat about their career and their recent LP, Dark Matter. The morning show also aired an exclusive live performance clip of “Even ...

On the road with Pearl Jam, lead singer Eddie Vedder's dressing room contains all the comforts of home: a dartboard ("Gives me a little focus before we run out," he said); a Chicago Bears football ...

Silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) are ubiquitous in the aquatic environment and have attracted extensive attention to their toxic effects on aquatic species. However, responses of the nervous system to ...

The Celestial pearl danio made a remarkable impact when it was first discovered, as Dr Karel Zahradka explains. When Thai aquarist and fish exporter Kamphol Udomritthiruj revealed images of a ...

which was described in 1998 (it's found around Myanmar and looks a bit like a pale-blur Zebra danio with orange fins); D.roseus, which was described in 2002 (it looks like a blue and red pearl danio); ...

The mollusc deposits layers of aragonite and conchiolin, which together form nacre, also know as mother-of-pearl. In the wild, pearl formation is rare so most pearls sold these days are from ...