When standing on your head in a kiddie pool full of water while juggling ping pong balls doesn’t work, the HiccAway straw promises to be a more reliable cure. So what are hiccups, exactly?

The first modern straw, patented in 1888, was simply one man's way to avoid getting mint leaves stuck in his teeth. Marvin Stone, a Washington, D.C., manufacturer of paper cigarette holders, was ...

The straws in the Yihong Stainless Drinking Straws set (four bent and four straight 8½-inch straws) are comparable with those in the set of Hiware Stainless Steel Metal Straws (three bent and ...

Drinking straws were also part of going to the movies, huddled in the dark with a giant, icy Diet Coke. In my 20s, I remember the thrill of sipping whiskey sours through one of those short, ...

But an analysis of drinking straws available in the US detected 21 per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS)—called “forever chemicals” for their extreme resistance to environmental ...