Kassia St Clair delves into the 4,000-year history of a textile synonymous with luxury ...

Think ancient civilizations were primitive? The evidence suggests otherwise.From computers that tracked celestial events to ...

In this installment of NPR's "Word of the Week" series we trace the origins of the "cravat" (borrowed from the French ...

Oneida’s silverware empire has an odd and innovative past that includes séances, polyamory, and Bible communism.

HBO Max's A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms is an adaptation of George R.R. Martin’s Tales of Dunk and Egg novellas. Season 1 ...

Miet Warlop’s work is visually breathtaking, but there are deep questions to ponder beneath the showy surfaces.

Procter & Gamble is introducing silk-lined diapers in China to drive premium sales as birth rates fall and consumer spending ...

In the nascent lab-grown-meat space, the products come in tiny pieces—shredded, diced, or melded together. Larger pieces of meat would require a constant feed of nutrients and oxygen to every cell in ...

One in four U.S. adults lives with a disability, yet only 4% of beauty brands cater to them. Tilt Beauty founder Aerin Glazer grew up with psoriatic arthritis, and created the Grip Stick lip balm for ...

Scholars studying the Silk Road have traditionally seen mountain ranges as obstacles standing in the way of merchants who plied the trade routes that connected China and western Eurasia. Now, a team ...

Discover how Joseph Dart’s 1842 grain elevator transformed Buffalo into the world’s largest grain port and revolutionized ...