You never know what you have until it's gone. We're talking about paper towels. A TikTok gone viral is the simplest way to double the life of your paper towel roll. Just cut it in half. That's it.

Paper towels are convenient, but not ideal for use on delicate surfaces—they leave lint and scratches. Don't use paper towels on electronic screens, wood, glass, jewelry, or other delicate materials.

Lesley Suter is the ASME- and James Beard Award-winning Special Projects director at Eater, where she oversees commerce, editorial packages, and other coordinated efforts across the network. I have a ...

A misguided but well-intentioned anti-bullying message has gone viral this past week. The "crumpled paper" exercise has been used by adults for many years to try to reduce bullying among kids. A ...

While working on his doctoral thesis at Harvard University over the last few years, Omer Gottesman spent a lot of time at his desk crumpling sheets of paper, especially when he was stuck. He would ...

Some paper towels are stronger and more absorbent than others. We tested paper towels from Brawny, Marcal, Sparkle, and Bounty to see which was the strongest and most absorbent. Bounty was the ...