Venom of snake and sting of bee, slime of snail and milk of cow - they sound like the ingredients of a witch's spell. But they can all be found in lotions and potions designed to keep the skin looking ...

Korean beauty is a $13 billion business that has beauty and skin care lovers buzzing. So why is K-beauty so popular? The products are often an effective, innovative way to get glowing, hydrated, ...

From animal fats to venom, the beauty industry is always on the lookout for a new "it" ingredient. But before we start smearing beef fat all over our skin, we checked in with dermatologist Doris Day ...

A gooey, magnetic slime robot that can squirm through narrow passages, grasp objects and fix broken circuits captured the imaginations of science fiction fans worldwide earlier this year, drawing ...

Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. You don’t have to be cute to inspire an animal-derived skincare range, but it helps. From bee venom, said to mimic ...

This story has been amended to correct Sun Mengmeng's position. Researchers at the Chinese University of Hong Kong have developed a robotic slime that could help reduce the need for invasive surgery ...