Have you ever wondered about the intricate tapestry of history woven through the delicate threads of silk? From ancient ...

For over 1,600 years, merchants, traders, monks and soldiers who journeyed to China’s ancient ... Silk Road flourished during the Tang Dynasty and products like precious gems, exquisite clothing ...

Which sounds plausible to me.) The Silk Road’s noisy bazaars of alien products and ideas—Renaissance European, ancient Greek, Indian, Persian, Chinese—stoked this intellectual explosion.

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 ...