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best microfiber cleaning cloths
Gear

The best microfiber cleaning cloths of 2024

By Savannah Sher

The best stick vacuums of 2023
Gear

The best stick vacuums of 2024, tested and reviewed

By Stacey L. Nash, Brandt Ranj

The best leaf blowers
Gear

The best leaf blowers of 2024

By David King

Hands holding slime with crumbs over a keyboard
DIY

This DIY slime can clean the grossest parts of your home and car

By Sandra Gutierrez G.

A lineup of the best pet vacuums on a white background
Gear

The best vacuums for pet hair of 2024

By Charlotte Marcus

Colorful cleaning products on blank background.
Environment

Are your cleaning products really green? Here’s how to tell.

By Shaena Montanari

person's hand with silver rings
DIY

Go full silver alchemist and clean your jewelry with science

By Sandra Gutierrez G.

A white clothes dryer with a clean dryer vent behind a white curtain, in front of a tall window with sunlight shining through.
DIY

How to clean your dryer vent so it doesn’t catch on fire

By John Kennedy

A cup of tea with a cinnamon stick in it
DIY

Get old tea and coffee stains off your mugs

By Sandra Gutierrez G.

cleaning stain on carpet
DIY

How to remove stains of any kind

By Dan Seitz

washing a white car wheel with the best pressure washer
Gear

The best pressure washers

By Jeremy Helligar

The best spin scrubbers make cleaning a cinch.
Gear

The best spin scrubbers of 2024

By David King

Keep your floors shining with the best floor buffers.
Gear

The best floor buffers of 2024

By Billy Cadden

The best robot mops will clean your home and and eliminate hassle.
Gear

The best robot mops

By Billy Cadden

Person using the best dyson vacuum to clean up crumbs on a white rug
Gear

Best Dyson vacuum: Cleaners that really suck (In all the best ways!)

By Charlotte Marcus

Hand in rubber gloves with a cleaning product sprayer
DIY

Master odor removal with a little help from science

By Dan Seitz

Person camping in the outdoors with feet out of tent.
DIY

How to prep your gear for the first camping trip of the season

By Alisha McDarris

A lineup of the best glasses cleaner on a white background
Gear

The best glasses cleaners for 2024

By Julian Vittorio

The best steam cleaners power wash your home-- without the dangerous chemicals.
Gear

The best steam cleaners of 2024

By Billy Cadden

Hand sanitizer bottle and hands.
Health

How to make hand sanitizer

By Sandra Gutierrez G.

Person smiling with airpods on
DIY

How to clean AirPods and other headphones

By Natasha Roy

Under-bed storage to maximize the space in your tiny room
Gear

Under-bed storage to maximize the space in your tiny room

By Leeron Hoory

a person opens a flip-top trash can
Gear

7 gifts to take the stress out of stress-cleaning

By Jessica Boddy

The best gardening tools for keeping your yard lush without the waste
Gear

The best gardening tools for keeping your yard lush without the waste

By Billy Cadden

A lineup of the best car vacuums on a white background
Gear

The best car vacuums in 2024

By Terri Williams

Person in a mask and disposable gloves holding a basket of groceries
Health

A step-by-step guide to grocery shopping during a pandemic

By Amy Schellenbaum

A person holding a shiny, clean showerhead, and you can see their reflection in it.
DIY

Use citric acid to clean your dishwasher and other gross household items

By Sandra Gutierrez G.

Wood filters, hot rocks, and seven other ways to purify water in the wild
DIY

Wood filters, hot rocks, and seven other ways to purify water in the wild

By Tim MacWelch/ Outdoor Life

Skunk
DIY

The five smells Americans hate most (and how to get rid of them)

By Sandra Gutierrez G.

Push up
DIY

Working out at home? Here’s how to keep your house from smelling like a gym.

By Harry Guinness

a person loading or unloading a dishwasher
DIY

Four tips to make sure your dishwasher does its job

By Whitson Gordon

DIY wipes
Health

How to make your own disinfecting wipes

By Sandra Gutierrez G.

washing hands
Health

Simple tips to heal your hands after constant washing

By Wong and Nixon/The Conversation

a woman wearing a face mask, goggles, and gloves while cleaning a window with a sponge
Health

Fight viruses in your home without making bacteria stronger

By Katherine J. Wu

a man using his phone on the New York City subway, while other passengers also use their phones
Health

Your smartphone is gross. Learn how to clean it properly.

By David Nield

a copper pan full of wine corks
DIY

The key to cleaning copper cookware is probably in your fridge

By Katherine Martinelli

182,000 Indians clean sewers largely by hand. These robots could help.
Technology

182,000 Indians clean sewers largely by hand. These robots could help.

By Puja Changoiwala/Undark

clean desk area
DIY

How to hide your mess of cables once and for all

By Whitson Gordon

An older person with short brown hair wearing blue rubber gloves and cleaning a window with a yellow rag.
DIY

3 early spring cleaning ideas to get you out of hibernation mode

By Dan Seitz

Marie Kondo
Health

The KonMari method sparks the most joy when you tweak it

By Chris Stiff/The Conversation

A man wearing a black shirt and a white baseball cap looking down while many dead leaves fall and fly around him, probably as he's trying to get the leaves off his lawn.
DIY

The best way to get rid of leaves this fall

By Jillian Mock

Do household cleaners make kids obese? Here’s why it’s too soon to tell.
Health

Do household cleaners make kids obese? Here’s why it’s too soon to tell.

By Neel V. Patel

It’s time to clean the grimy filters you’ve been avoiding
DIY

It’s time to clean the grimy filters you’ve been avoiding

By Sophie Bushwick

How to erase your embarrassing old Facebook and Twitter posts
DIY

How to erase your embarrassing old Facebook and Twitter posts

By Whitson Gordon

How to leave the sand behind on your next beach trip
DIY

How to leave the sand behind on your next beach trip

By Dan Seitz

Your kitchen towels are probably gross, but so is your whole life
Health

Your kitchen towels are probably gross, but so is your whole life

By Kat Eschner

How to wash your clothes without wearing them out
DIY

How to wash your clothes without wearing them out

By Whitson Gordon

The best apps and gadgets for tidying your home
DIY

The best apps and gadgets for tidying your home

By David Nield

Surprising things you can clean in the dishwasher
DIY

Surprising things you can clean in the dishwasher

By Sophie Bushwick and Billy Cadden

The scientifically best way to sweep a floor
DIY

The scientifically best way to sweep a floor

By Rob Verger

A silver Macbook Air keyboard that someone needs to learn how to clean. There are crumbs and even a hair on it.
DIY

How to clean a keyboard without breaking it

By Claire Maldarelli

Erasing graffiti
DIY

How to erase permanent-marker graffiti

By Sophie Bushwick

CES 2015: Benebot Is An Ultra-Cute Robotic Shopping Assistant [Video]
Technology

CES 2015: Benebot Is An Ultra-Cute Robotic Shopping Assistant [Video]

By Loren Grush

Washing Dollar Bills With Carbon Dioxide Could Save Billions
Science

Washing Dollar Bills With Carbon Dioxide Could Save Billions

By Gabe Bergado

Gel-Based Super-Roomba Concept Is Improbable And Amazing
Technology

Gel-Based Super-Roomba Concept Is Improbable And Amazing

By Colin Lecher

Modified Cotton Cleans Itself When Exposed to Sunlight
Technology

Modified Cotton Cleans Itself When Exposed to Sunlight

By Rebecca Boyle

Dead Human Skin Helps Clean The Air by Breaking Apart Ozone
Science

Dead Human Skin Helps Clean The Air by Breaking Apart Ozone

By Julie Beck

Mint Floor-Cleaning Robot Review: A Swiffer Without the Swiffer
Technology

Mint Floor-Cleaning Robot Review: A Swiffer Without the Swiffer

By Lizzie Schiffman

Adorable Laundry-Folding Robot Gives Your Towels Fastidious Attention
Technology

Adorable Laundry-Folding Robot Gives Your Towels Fastidious Attention

By Jeremy Hsu

James Dyson holding the DDM2 motor
Gear

Dyson’s New Vacuum Driven By the Fastest Motor Ever

By John Brandon

As Seen On TV: Science Gets Your Whites Their Whitest
Science

As Seen On TV: Science Gets Your Whites Their Whitest

By Stuart Fox

fourth tio2 oxidation step
Technology

In 2011 You’ll Never Have to Clean Your House Again

By Ethan Todras-Whitehill