These realities do not mar Lahore’s five spreads in THE SILK ROAD: A Living History (Hemeria, $55), a sometimes beautiful travelogue of landscapes, buildings and faces along the route that once ...

Silk Road provided an early use case for bitcoin—the untraceable currency flowed through the platform and allowed the sale of illicit goods to flourish internationally. It didn’t last long.

Scientists have officially brought genetic engineering to the spider’s web. For the first time, researchers have created a gene-edited spider that spins red fluorescent silk. Led by a team at ...

The University of Bayreuth's Biomaterials research group has, for the first time, successfully applied the CRISPR-Cas9 gene-editing tool to spiders. Following the genetic modification, the spiders ...

Although the use of the Silk Roads would rise and fall, Rome and Han China experienced two additional periods of intense trade. During China’s Tang dynasty, from A.D. 618 to 907 ...

Discover which silk color has dominated the Kentucky Derby since 1940, with blue leading the charge. Plus, discover why green has been the runner-up for over a decade.

Whether you'd describe yourself as a maximalist or someone who loves a traditional interior, this centuries-old fabric is making an undeniable style revival ...

The “90×90” silk scarves will be available for purchase beginning April 1. In conjunction with the campaign launch, Gucci will host in-person activations in Paris.

U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday pardoned Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht, who was sentenced to life in prison for running an underground online marketplace where drug dealers and others ...

The author, a molecular geneticist, and bioarcheologist raised in the Caribbean, wore silk saris all her youth. Her book explains silk's origins, history, surprising varieties, and contemporary uses.

Silk is supposed to be rare in chapter 1 of Black Myth: Wukong, and while it seems to randomly drop from some bosses like Elder Jinchi — he didn’t drop any for us, but others claim to have ...

Back in July, the agency warned the public that Silk and Great Value brands of almond, oat, cashew and coconut non-dairy milks were being recalled due to possible contamination with listeria, a ...