In the United States alone, grocery stores throw away billions of pounds of food per year. Sometimes it’s because the food is nearing its sell-by date, even though that doesn’t mean it’s inedible. Other times, it’s simply because the food item (most often, some kind of produce) is misshapen or odd-looking, even though the food …

We hate to break it to you, but you might want to start scrubbing your fruits and veggies a little harder. Not only can eating pesticides seriously damage your health, but most of your favorite fruits and vegetables are probably covered in the stuff. But if you just splash a bit of water on that …

You might be unaware that you’ve probably been washing your hands wrong your entire life, according to a new article in the Scientific American. CBS News reported that 95 percent of people are washing their hands incorrectly. And, not washing your hands the right way can have pretty gross unintended consequences — not always not …

Office teabags can carry as many as 17 times more germs than a toilet seat, scientists have discovered. A study carried out by the Initial Washroom Hygiene came across these staggering results by analysing the bacterial readings of kitchen utensils and appliances. As The Independent reports, the average bacterial reading of an office teabag was 3,785, in …

The term was branded as a hoax after it was coined in 2014, but researchers have looked into the phenomenon and say their study “validates its existence.” The paper, published in the International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction, said: “As with internet addiction, the concepts of selfitis and selfie addiction started as a hoax, …