For decades, global currencies were backed by gold until one of the biggest financial shifts in history changed everything.

That’s enough for more than 1 billion Olympic gold medals, which are actually primarily made of silver, and about 750,000 pots of gold waiting at the end of every rainbow. Or you'd have to spend ...

Scientists have used an ultrafast laser to heat solid gold to 14 times its melting point without turning the metal into liquid.

The New York Federal Reserve vault houses the world's largest known gold stockpile. Why demand for the historical currency surges in uncertain times.