science and technology

  • How to Dust Everything in Your Home

    How to Dust Everything in Your Home

    I love dusting. There’s something extremely satisfying about running a piece of cloth across a surface and watching it become instantly brighter, or pulling a few books out of a bookshelf, admiring the book-shaped gunk outline you didn’t even know was there, and then making it disappear.


  • 8 Things You Probably Didn’t Know You Can Clean With Vinegar

    8 Things You Probably Didn’t Know You Can Clean With Vinegar

    It may be somewhat counter-intuitive that a liquid that arguably smells pretty foul on its own actually stands with the best household cleaners and odour-eliminators. Yet many years of homeownership have taught me that plain old white vinegar’s acidity — often when mixed with equal parts water — is an absolute beast on the dirt,…