Alfredo Rodriguez Arzate cooks the milky latex collected from the sapodilla tree to make the base for an organic chewing gum. "Chicleros" have been extracting the sapodilla tree's latex, the original ...

Chewing gum goes back a long way, nearly 11,000 years. Host Liane Hansen speaks with writer Jennifer Mathews about the history of the sticky substance. Mathews is the author of Chicle: The Chewing Gum ...

People have chewed natural resins and tree bark for thousands of years, from Finnish birch tar to the ancient Greek mastic ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- A welcome return to normalcy will be showcased this weekend at the Northern Ohio Doll and Bear Show, held this Sunday, Feb. 21, at the Holiday Inn Strongsville. Hours are 10 a.m. to ...

Chewing gum can be annoying to people around you and it leaves a sticky mess behind, but now researchers say it can also hamper your memory. According to experts from Cardiff University in the UK, ...

I heard there used to be a bubble gum factory in New Orleans. What happened to it? Jannelle T. Dear Jannelle, New Orleans has a well-known history as a city of international trade, but few people may ...

The milky latex bled from the Mexican rain forest tree as Alfredo Rodriguez Arzate swung his machete, climbing the trunk with a rope around his waist and spurs on his boots. Built like a featherweight ...