India, Dec. 14 -- What does it take to make a room smell good? Air-fresheners may seem simple enough: a perfume that spreads across a space, via aerosol, slow-release tablet or plug-in diffuser. They ... Read More
India, Dec. 13 -- What does it take to make a room (or car, or cupboard) smell good? Air-fresheners may seem simple enough: they're a perfume that spreads across a space, via aerosol, slow-release ta... Read More
India, Nov. 15 -- It is one of the world's oldest cosmetics. For thousands of years, people have tinted their lips as part of a beauty regimen. In Ancient Egypt, such mixes were made with henna, crush... Read More
India, Nov. 15 -- It is one of the world's oldest cosmetics. For thousands of years, people have tinted their lips as part of a beauty regimen. In Ancient Egypt, such mixes were made with henna, crush... Read More
India, Nov. 2 -- If mass-produced sunscreen is less than a century old, part of the reason boils down to class. Key inventions tend to benefit those in power, and through most of settled history, the ... Read More
India, Nov. 1 -- Isn't it strange that we've had mass-produced sunscreen for less than a century, though we've been wandering about outdoors for millennia? Part of the reason for this boils down to c... Read More
India, Oct. 17 -- The quest for minty-fresh breath goes back at least 5,000 years. Around 3000 BCE, Ancient Egyptians equated beauty and health with a good set of teeth. They mixed ground-up oxen hoo... Read More
India, Oct. 5 -- We tend to think of the plant kingdom as passive, and the animal kingdom as the aggressive one. The truth is, plants are master strategists. Even the staples on our dinner plates, fro... Read More
India, Oct. 4 -- We tend to think of the plant kingdom as passive, and the animal kingdom as the aggressive one. The truth is, plants are master strategists, chemists, engineers, survivalists and tri... Read More