The day I started using a Beauty Blender was the day I became a makeup sponge convert. Nothing else gave me the same seamless, airbrushed and never-cakey skin finish like this egg-shaped tool, which, ...

Your kitchen sponge may seem harmless, but new research suggests it could be quietly releasing tiny plastic particles into your home and beyond. A recent study published in Environmental Advances ...

Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Kitchen sponges are among the most commonly used household items, but scientists say the cleaning tool may be playing an ...

Jennifer Mayerle happily returned to Minnesota and WCCO, where she began her career as a summer intern. The Emmy and Edward R. Murrow award-winning journalist returned to WCCO as a reporter in 2014 ...

The Indo-Pacific is the largest marine biogeographical region on Earth and a global center of marine biodiversity. Nevertheless, there are gaps remaining in our understanding of the diversity, ...

I first encountered Mitts, the beak-shaped sponges designed for cleaning chippable wine glasses, just ahead of my peak stemware season during the holidays. And I honestly wasn’t sure if my love for ...

There’s no loyalty when it comes to feeding Phil. When Phil Rosenthal first made the act of feeding him a national concern, the Everybody Loves Raymond creator asked the average TV viewer to fund his ...

Sponges may be ancient, but their timeline has been murky. New research suggests the earliest sponges were soft and skeleton-free, explaining why their fossils don’t appear until much later. By ...

Scientists at MIT have found compelling chemical evidence that Earth’s earliest animals were likely ancient sea sponges. Hidden inside rocks over 541 million years old are rare molecular “fingerprints ...

The bright colors of the sponges have a meaning tied to their intended use. Here's a guide to sponge colors and when to use each type. David lives in Brooklyn where he's spent more than a decade ...

Some Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphins in Shark Bay, Western Australia use sea sponges as tools to protect their snouts while hunting hidden prey, a behavior known as “sponging.” Sponging occurs only ...