and done. Sudsy germsplosion averted. Nice try, says science. In a comprehensive study of 14 household sponges and their microbial inhabitants published in Scientific Reports, researchers ...

A team of international scientists recently returned from a 35-day expedition to explore the waters of the South Sandwich ...

With new kitchen tools launching constantly — and safety warnings popping up just as often — it can feel overwhelming to ...

Live Science reported in January. But Turner ruled out a fungal identity for the newfound fossils, as the fibers in sponges — both in fossils and modern sponges — branch and rejoin in a three ...

In fact, sneezing doesn’t even require a nervous system, let alone a nose, and dates back to some of the first multicellular animals: sponges. The sponge has been around for at least 600 million ...

The first animal to appear on Earth was probably the humble sea sponge, American scientists believe. According to researchers at the world-famous Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), sea ...

It’s your new favorite source for the strangest science-adjacent facts ... of junk that clogs up their internal filter system—sea sponges. Sea sponges are some of the oldest creatures out ...

published in the journal Environmental Science & Technology, researchers from Nanjing University in China compared the release of the microplastic particles from different magic sponge brands.

Sponges. Is there anything they can’t do? For millennia, humans have used dried natural sponges to clean up, to paint, and as vessels for drinking; we’ve even used them as contraceptive ...

But these “magic” sponges shed microplastic fibers when worn down. Researchers publishing in ACS’ Environmental Science & Technology report that, worldwide, melamine sponges could release over a ...

But these “magic” sponges shed microplastic fibers when worn down. Researchers publishing in ACS’ Environmental Science & Technology report that, worldwide, melamine sponges could release ...