Thousands of years ago, our ancestors discovered something that would clean their bodies and clothes. As the story goes, fat from someone’s meal fell into the leftover ashes of a fire. They were ...

CHARLESTON, SC (WCBD) – Health officials recommend washing your hands for at least 20 seconds with soap and water to effectively clean your hands. That’s roughly the time it takes to hum “Happy ...

Regular soap is just as effective as anti-bacterial soap at getting rid of germs through hand washing, a new study finds. This is hardly the first study to find no difference between the two types of ...

It took a YouTube video, a walk-in freezer kept at negative 20 degrees Celsius, and some very cold-tolerant engineering students for researchers to finally figure out why freezing soap bubbles ...

One of the major drawbacks for those wanting to switch to more “natural” products is the increase in price, especially for basic necessities like soap. That said, if you’re a fan of all things DIY, ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. A class-action lawsuit over a bar of facial soap in Japan is making some there question the ...

Scientists have developed a soap, composed of iron rich salts dissolved in water, that responds to a magnetic field when placed in solution. The soap’s magnetic properties were shown to result from ...

WASHINGTON: Soap and water kill the AIDS virus, according to researchers. <div class="section1"><div class="Normal"><script language="javascript">doweshowbellyad=0 ...

Films of soap with complex shapes can be used to model and understand mathematical singularities across a range of fields. Michelle Starr is CNET's science editor, and she hopes to get you as ...