Jackson Ryan was CNET's science editor, and a multiple award-winning one at that. Earlier, he'd been a scientist, but he realized he wasn't very happy sitting at a lab bench all day. Science writing, ...

Music elites better table your ukuleles and unplug your theremins; science is bringing the noise with the newest in niche musical instruments. Or, more accurately, one of the oldest. A massive conch ...

KEY WEST (CBSMiami/FKNB) – More than 50 contestants tested their "seashell musicianship" in Key West Saturday, but none succeeded better than David "Bat" Masterson. Masterson, who lives in Key West, ...

The shell was found during the 1931 excavation of a cave with prehistoric wall paintings in the French Pyrenees and assumed to be a ceremonial drinking cup. Archaeologists from the University of ...

Scientists have unveiled the ancient song of an Ice Age conch shell, believed to be the oldest known wind instrument of its kind. The 18,000-year-old shell lay forgotten in a French museum for 80 ...

A horn made from a conch shell over 17,000 years ago has blasted out musical notes for the first time in millennia. Archaeologists originally found the seashell in 1931, in a French cave that contains ...

U.S. News Insider Tip: While in Middle Caicos, don’t miss a stop at Conch Bar Artisans Studio, a co-op that sells more than 30 local artisans works, including conch shell art and baskets. – Kristin ...