Over a hundred thousand years ago, Neanderthals used tar to bind objects together, yet scientists have struggled to understand how these ancient humans, with their limited knowledge and resources, ...

It took seven decades, but the pitch has finally been caught in the act. Since 1944, physicists at Trinity College in Dublin have been trying to measure the viscosity of pitch tar, a polymer seemingly ...

Neanderthals may have used tar made from tree bark as an antiseptic to treat wounds. Modern-day experiments with birch tar show that it has antibiotic properties, regardless of how it is made, hinting ...