These surprising toothpick uses around the home include cleaning electronics, touching up paint, fixing stripped screw holes, ...

Clogged dishwasher spray arm nozzles reduce cleaning effectiveness and can be cleared with a toothpick. Food debris and ...

The plain wooden toothpick is among the sim­plest of manufactured things. It consists of a single part, made of a single material, and is intended for a single purpose, from which it takes its name.

We’ve all seen that too-cool guy in movies chew on a toothpick to assert his fully unbothered persona. But if he were to swallow that toothpick accidentally, that guy—and his body—would be extremely ...

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American The room is pitch black. Every light, from ...

A San Francisco artist has spent the past 39 years perfecting the art of toothpick modeling, a genre we can safely say he now has the authority on. Steven Backman took up the unusual hobby at just ...