Long before chewing gum came in shiny foil wrappers with watermelon flavors and whitening promises, our ancestors were ...

The earliest man-made golf balls ever uncovered were primitive spheres made of hardwood on the east coast of Scotland in the ...

The increasing popularity of gum demanded more chicle, a demand that could not be met due to the loss of many sapodilla trees because of excessive draining of the sap. Enter synthetic chemistry.

Chewing gum may also confer cognitive benefits, according to a handful of psychology and scientific studies. In certain settings, it seems to boost test performance, working memory, and alertness.

Chewing gum was previously made from the chewy sap of the Sapodilla tree, also known as chicle, which comes from native to Latin America.

Native Americans chewed spruce tree resin, while ancient Mayans extracted chicle from sapodilla trees for their chewing needs. Today’s commercial gums bear little resemblance to these natural ...

The different names of this tropical fruit are a real tongue twister – Manilkara zapota, sapodilla, chicozapote, naseberry, nispero, soapapple, sapota and last but not least, chikoo or chico.

BBC Science Focus writes that historically, gum was made from the chewy sap of the Sapodilla tree. However nowadays, they say, most companies use a substance called polyisobutylene.

Sapodilla (Manilkara zapota) is a fruit that’s thought to be native to Mexico and Central America. Today, though, it can be found in many parts of the world, such as the Philippines, India ...

Chewing gum is not as popular as it used to be. For many of us, the chewable candy was mostly used as a post-lunch breath freshener during the working day. But no longer. Sales dropped significantly ...