Researchers who sniffed mummified remains in the name of science were greeted more with a blessing than a curse.

Health officials banned the artificial food color known as Red 3 from the U.S. food supply in January, citing a federal ...

If you’re a hot sleeper, you have probably tried everything under the sun to cool off at night. While some things may help, ...

The story goes that the lyrics to “ Black and Blue ,” the jazz standard popularized by Louis Armstrong, were written at ...

Cosmetic or Vanity items are a great way for players to obtain a unique and interesting look for their character while still ...

Excavations at Domus Aurea, the former imperial residence of Roman emperor Nero, have yielded remnants of the rare Egyptian ...

Archaeologists excavating near the Colosseum found a rare chunk of Egyptian blue pigment dating back about 2,000 years. Photo from Simona Murrone and the Colosseum Archaeological Park The ...

Egyptian blue, also known as calcium copper silicate or cuprorivaite, was developed more than 4,000 years ago in Egypt and Mesopotamia. Cup containing Egyptian blue pigment from Pompeii.

What is Blue 1 and why is it added to food? Blue 1 is a synthetic dye used in food, drugs, and cosmetics throughout the United States and Europe. Today, the dye is typically made from petroleum, but ...

Exhibitors showed solutions designed to make denim production more efficient and better aligned with the demands of today’s market.

On indigo blue dye and the slave trade These scenes in the historical record of people being exchanged for a block of indigo were heartbreaking to me. People who were artisans ... who had been ...