Cotton candy is a favorite carnival snack. The melt-in-your-mouth treat has even been used as a beverage garnish. While cotton candy is popularly served at fairs and festivals, you can also make the ...

Edible cotton seeds could revolutionize the cotton industry. That's the goal of  one researcher who says the seeds would be an inexpensive protein source that could help feed millions of people.

Products derived from the cotton plant show up in many items that people use daily, including blue jeans, bedsheets, paper, candles and peanut butter. In the United States cotton is a US$7 billion ...