Katherine Martinko is an expert in sustainable living. She holds a degree in English Literature and History from the University of Toronto. Haley Mast is a freelance writer, fact-checker, and ...

PARIS — Hermès is a leather house — and just in case you should forget it, everything from a top hat through a three-piece suit to extraordinary crocodile boots was made out of skin.

This New Scientist article, usually accessible only to subscribers, is made available for free by the Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences in Sydney, Australia Ötzi the iceman, preserved in ice in ...