A 2,000-year old textile containing a mysterious blue dye described in the Bible has been uncovered in Israel. The cloth, which displays one of the few remnants of the ancient colour ever found, was ...

Taking a trick from birds and butterflies, a mollusk shines blue using intricate structures that allow selective reflection of light. But unlike other animals, the blue-rayed limpet, a snail that ...

An Israeli researcher says she has identified a nearly 2,000-year old textile that may contain a mysterious blue dye described in the Bible, one of the few remnants of the ancient color ever found.

The Bible requires Jews to tie a tekhelet (blue) cord as part of their tzitzit (fringes on traditional prayer shawl and everyday undergarment). Rabbinic sources of antiquity insisted that the tekhelet ...

You know how those mad scientists at DARPA are obsessed with generating power from insects? A team from Clarkson University, New York and Ben-Gurion University, Israel has gone one better by turning a ...

UK scientists are working to save one of the world's most beautiful snails which is at risk of extinction due to the popularity of their striking shells. The snails, known as Polymita, are endemic to ...