Watching embers flicker and aromatic smoke waft up from a grill comes with an elemental allure that traces through several hundred thousand years of culinary history. Subsequently, cooking with fire ...

Scientists sampling a charcoal layer formed by a meteorite impact. A new study shows that analyzing bodies of organisms killed by an impact of asteroids can teach us exactly how much damage occurs ...

Charcoal is the wild west. Those black, lumpy chunks people throw into their backyard barbecue grills all look more or less the same. What’s inside the bag often is not. To be sure, most ...

The charcoal binds to the poison and keeps it from entering the blood stream. "Activated charcoal should only be given in health care facilities," Johnson says. "We do not recommend at-home use of ...