Ordinarily I’d opt for wool, but I wonder whether all those methane-belching sheep are killing the planet. Cotton seems like a sensible alternative, but I’m sure it’s not without its ...

I’ve never worn a flannel skiing and wouldn’t recommend a cotton flannel while wringing out a sweat in the backcountry. But ...

Cotton wool is not compostable – even though it's a natural fibre, it becomes contaminated when used, with the likes of nail polish remover, facial toner or mascara.

Wool is a renewable resource, but sheep belch 20 to 30 liters of climate-changing methane per day; cotton's organic variety is grown without petrochemical fertilizers and pesticides, but, grown ...

A ‘cotton wool’ generation will end up ill equipped to face the trials of life because parents and teachers refuse to let them learn about risk, warns the Scouts' chief commissioner ...

Cotton wool proves effective in separating single-wall carbon nanotubes A joint paper by Kazan Federal University and YTC America appeared in early access in Carbon.