An animal bone fragment full of human-made pits hints at how prehistoric people in Western Europe may have crafted clothing. The nearly 40,000-year-old artifact probably served as a punch board for ...

The past decade has seen a surge of global collaborations between science and fashion. We’ve seen the rise of online stores selling science clothes ranging from quirky to couture, such as MySciGear’s ...

Layering is essential on cold days—but you need the right technique. Fabrics like polyester, nylon, and wool work nicely for ...

Most of us treat the washing machine as a background appliance, not a lab instrument, yet the way we set it up can quietly decide how long our wardrobes survive. A growing body of research now points ...

As the cold season ends and we fold away our favourite wool jumpers and silk scarves, some fascinating material science is about to unfold quietly in our wardrobes. Subtle chemical and biological ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Procter & Gamble funded a study of wash cycle length that found colder and shorter is better for clothes. Fabric dye density and lifespan is separate ...

Hopefully you didn't mothball that ugly Christmas sweater yet. The Purkinje effect, named after Czech physiologist Jan Evangelista Purkinje, states "as light intensity decreases, red objects are ...