Gum chewing independently arose across different cultures and regions at different times, says Jennifer Mathews, an ...

A Florida State University student recalled the terrifying moment he and his classmates used chewed-up gum to cover their ...

Looking beyond jabs, sprays or tablets, scientists are thinking outside the box for delivering antiviral medication to ...

Several stories have emerged revealing how students facing life-threatening situation found creative ways to survive, ...

Microplastics are building up in human brains, blood, reproductive organs, and more. A new study suggests you ingest more ...

Most accounts of the history of chewing gum take us back a couple of millenia to the Mayans of Mesoamerica who tasted the sap of the sapodilla tree and discovered that it did not disintegrate in the ...

Navigating global travel requires awareness of unique local laws. Singapore bans chewing gum and toilet flushing negligence ...

And if you redecorate your home and sand down the old paintwork, the plastic binders in the paint can release microplastics ...

“Our initial hypothesis was that the synthetic gums would have a lot more microplastics because the base is a type of plastic ...

Learn how antiviral chewing gum made from lablab beans may help reduce virus transmission with exciting clinical trials ahead ...

UCLA researchers found that chewing gum can release hundreds to thousands of microplastics per piece into the saliva and ...

If you enjoy a refreshing stick of gum now and then, you may be biting off more than you should chew. A recent pilot study found that chewing gum – even those labeled "natural" – can release ...