Haley Mast is a freelance writer, fact-checker, and small organic farmer in the Columbia River Gorge. She enjoys gardening, reporting on environmental topics, and spending her time outside ...

Could this innovation provide a solution to one of our era’s biggest scourges? Carmen Martínez Torrón/Getty Images Sponges. Is there anything they can’t do? For millennia, humans have used dried ...

It's a good bet that there are several sponges around your home that are used for doing the dishes, washing the car, etc. They eventually get worn out, and most end up in the trash. In fact, an ...

When you wiped that greasy stove with one of those “magic” melamine sponges last night and watched the stain disappear, what you didn’t see was that as these sponges wear down, they shed tiny plastic ...