From broken items you promise you’ll fix one day to mementoes from that special holiday, it can be easy to let things pile up in your home without even realising. Every so often, it’s important to give your homes a good clean and, in the process, get rid of things that are taking up valuable …

The Case of the Missing Sock has been open in every household since humans have worn socks. Fed up with my own one-sock situation, I wanted to know probable causes—and discovered a laundry trick along the way. The Internet did not fail me on my quest for answers, with numerous (and humorous!) ways of explaining …

The perfume, pots of paint and cleaning products you keep in your home could be more harmful in terms of air pollution than cars, according to new research. A study by the University of Colorado, with the National Oceanic and Atmosphere Administration in the US, saw scientists measure the effects of ‘volatile chemical products’ like …

Our homes can attract a lot of dirt, germs and bacteria, making them hotbeds for viruses, such as the flu. To keep ourselves in the best health possible, it’s important to eradicate viruses from our homes through a process of prevention and control. Writing for The Conversation, scientist Jason Tetro, a visiting professor of immunology …

If you’ve ever stumbled into the kitchen during the wee hours of the night to satisfy that Ben & Jerry’s craving only to realize you can’t see a single thing in your freezer, you know how much of a dilemma this can be. So why is there a light in our refrigerators but not in …