There isn’t a whole lot of scientific research effort directed at understanding the pain of paper cuts, probably because nobody would sign up for a randomised, controlled study that involved a ...

At the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, which is simultaneously two seconds and a hundred years ago, toilet paper was a hot commodity: You could barely find it in stock, and when you did, you ...

Thus, while per capita use of flushed toilet paper in the U.S., Canada, and Western Europe ranges from 15 to 26 kg per person per year, in Latin America, China, and Africa the total is only two to ...

Plus, leaching chemicals isn’t just a problem when paper cups are littered—it can begin when a cup is used. In 2019, a research group from India filled paper cups with hot water to see if ...