You finish washing your hands, which drip as you turn around to dry them. When you see the empty paper towel dispenser, ...

Public bathrooms are generally considered to be pretty disgusting—but we bet you thought the hand dryers were the least of your problems. Well, Nichole Ward took it upon herself to perform a little ...

Do you get grossed out by public restrooms? If you’ve seen Nichole Ward’s viral hand dryer experiment online, you may be even more disgusted than than usual, but a closer look suggests your fears are ...

The assignment from Nichole Ward’s microbiology professor was simple: Choose a location, open a petri dish for three minutes and observe what grew over the next two days. No one’s sample came back ...

"Comparison of different hand-drying methods: the potential for airborne microbe dispersal and contamination"- The Journal of Hospital Infection "The Hygienic Efficacy of Different Hand-Drying Methods ...

Alexandria Country Day School middle-schoolers tested the 5-second rule and a self-driving robot at the school's annual science fair Wednesday. Sixth-grader Sarah Dowd, 11, cultivated her interest in ...

Springtime is play-in-the-dirt time, and if you or your kids ever needed more motivation to wash your hands afterwards, this germy, colorful creation ought to do it. Behold some of the bacteria that ...

Recreations of Vincent Van Gogh's famous work "The Starry Night" are everywhere — museums, college dorm rooms, fridges, mousepads, airport gift shops, T-shirts and more. Now, thanks to one crafty ...