Sponges Harbor More Bacteria Than Your Toilet Seat Here's something that might turn your stomach. A study included DNA ...

Scientists have long thrown shade at the unassuming kitchen sponge. The household staple skulks in sinks amid dirty dishes and soggy food scraps, sopping up and amplifying microbial forces capable of ...

We've all done it: After scrubbing some dishes, maybe a fork or two, you drop a sopping wet sponge into the kitchen sink — plop — and leave it there until later. It's one of the grossest mistakes made ...

The next time you spot a sea sponge, say “gesundheit!” Some sponges regularly “sneeze” to clear debris from their porous bodies. It’s “like someone with a runny nose,” says team member Sally Leys, an ...

Ceramic materials tend to shatter when deformed, but new research shows a way of using ultra-thin ceramic nanofibers to make squishy, heat-resistant sponges with a wide variety of potential uses.

Bacteria help the sponges digest extinct creatures' remains. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. On an underwater mountain in the ...