applied sciences
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How to Tell Whether Your Window Fan Should Be Facing In or Out
For many people, window fans are essential tools for keeping cool — especially if they don’t have (or are cutting back on) air conditioning. Even with access to AC, window fans can provide an otherwise-stuffy room with some much-needed ventilation.
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6 Painless Home Improvement Projects You Should Tackle Before the End of Autumn
As the weather cools off, our daily gatherings and activities tend to move inside. And once we’ve hunkered down for winter, we tend to stay hunkered down for winter. That means now is the time to tackle those last little home improvement projects to spruce up the exterior of your house and prep it for…
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How to Find and Report Asteroids Because Your Life Is Boring Otherwise
Along with puzzles, knitting, and baking banana bread, backyard astronomy was something a lot of people got into at the beginning of the pandemic. Two years later, there may not be the same enthusiasm for checking the weekly night-sky forecast and adding upcoming meteor showers to your calendar, but it’s an activity that has been…
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How to Watch Android 1994 PC1 Hurtle Past Earth Today
This evening, a huge asteroid known as 7482 (1994 PC1) will make its closest approach to us Earthlings for the next 200 years. It’ll pass us by at a cool 76,193 km per hour, so you don’t want to miss your chance to catch a glimpse. Here’s how you can get a once-in-a-lifetime viewing of…