One of the most advanced fighter jets in the U.S. Air Force’s arsenal faces an engineering problem which an ancient Chinese silk-weaving tactic may solve. The Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor remains the ...

"From the early Silk Road caravans of the 2nd century BC to the maritime networks of the Age of Exploration, Chinese silk has ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. This story was updated April 20 at 10:35 p.m. EDT. Tiny wooden figurines have stood upright ...

Tajinisa has dark purple hands, but she is proud of them. The indelible dye stains on the 51-year-old craftswoman's hands are proof of her decades of hard work dyeing and weaving Atlas silk, a ...

In ancient China, jade discs were elite ceremonial objects placed in burials as symbols of a gateway to heaven and the cyclical journey of the soul — a practice especially prominent between the 5th ...