CHICAGO, IL – We’ve all been there—a tasty snack slips from your plate and lands on the floor. It’s frustrating, especially in the middle of a good meal. And in that moment of hesitation, many people ...

They were floored by the results. Everyone’s picked up food fast to prevent contamination — but is this method tried and true or merely an old wives’ tale? A Chicago microbiologist has put the ...

A little too common a moment we know all too well—that slice of pizza or juicy grape tumbles to the floor, and, in a split second, the internal monologue begins. You recall the ‘five-second rule,’ as ...

The “5-second rule” has survived for generations like a kitchen commandment: if you grab dropped food fast enough, it’s supposedly safe. But scientists have been quietly side-eyeing that logic for ...