Sponges may seem like a no-brainer tool to use for cleaning up certain messes or surfaces, but turns out they actually might ...

Alaska deep-sea sponge discovery: NOAA scientists described nine new species -- including one requiring an entirely new genus -- in Gulf of Alaska waters where bottom trawlers have removed 8.8 million ...

Cleaner sponge, cleaner dishes.

The vast and largely unexplored seafloor off Alaska’s coastline produces occasional startling discoveries. The latest ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Sure, you use one to occasionally scrub your pots or wipe down your countertops, but most days you don't give your sponge much ...

The standard replacement frequency for a kitchen sponge is "about one month (approx. 30 days)," which means 12 sponges per ...

A study analyzed sponges and brushes used in kitchens in different households and found differences in the amount of bacteria ...

Researchers at Duke University have uncovered a basic but surprising fact: A kitchen sponge is a better incubator for diverse bacterial communities than a laboratory petri dish. But it's not just the ...

Mmmkay, listen up: You need to clean your Beautyblender and makeup sponges way, way more frequently than you currently do (which I’m guessing is, um, once or twice a year max?). Seriously—take it from ...