Melinda Howard was breaking down cardboard boxes for recycling when one of them nicked her hand. The 63-year-old Mississippi resident tells PEOPLE she didn't think much of it, unfazed by the small ...

We all know what it’s like to pick up a sheet of paper, only to get a painful paper cut. The injury is usually small and shallow, but it can really hurt! Although it can be uncomfortable, the pain is ...

Scientists have figured out what type of paper is the most prone to cut skin. Kaare Jensen, associate professor of physics at the Technical University of Denmark, explains. MARTÍNEZ: Oh, I - some ...

It's a familiar scenario in homes where avid craftspeople dwell among mere mortals − a well-meaning child, on the hunt for a sharp pair of scissors to wrap some Christmas gifts, raids mom's sewing kit ...

Consider, for a moment, the paper cut. It happens suddenly and entirely unexpectedly, usually just as you are finally getting somewhere on that task you had been putting off. Recall your sense of ...