How you use your favorite sponge will determine its lifespan. Learning how to use it right is key to keeping your kitchen ...

Wet a sponge and nuke it in the microwave for one minute. Or drop it in the dishwasher with the drying cycle. Either method kills about 60% of the bacteria on it. Keep sponges dry, too.

Using methods borrowed from coral restoration, over 100 different species of deepwater sponges have been reproduced in the SeaGen Aquaculture hatchery on Phillip Island. Deakin School of Life and ...