D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser activated an extreme heat alert for Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. An extreme heat alert means temperatures will feel like 105° or higher, with the heat index. The District ...

How do you best represent the complex New York City subway system on an easy-to-read map? That's a challenge John Tauranac has been working on since the 1970s, when he chaired the MTA's subway map ...

This week, Instagram rolled out its new "map" feature, which lets users share their last active location with followers. About five minutes later, all hell broke loose. Many on the internet quickly ...

When life’s a blur of baseball practice, late meetings, and trying to squeeze every last drop out of summer, complicated cooking is not the move. But that doesn’t mean you have to settle for protein ...

It's not the heat that gets you — it's the humidity. Millions will feel that firsthand over the coming days as a heat dome is expected to bring extreme heat and humidity for much of the U.S. Those ...

We may earn a commission from links on this page. The homes we live in aren’t buildings—they’re systems. Each part of your home makes your life a little safer and more comfortable: The roof keeps the ...

Heat pumps date back to the 1850s and are more energy efficient than furnaces or boilers. Image: Schon via Getty Images. Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 ...

A pharmacist warns that certain medications may put people at greater risk of dehydration, heat exhaustion and heat stroke. While people in the Pittsburgh area are trying to stay cool in the extreme ...

There has never been a better time to make an emergency home cooling kit, with summers getting hotter as the years go by. Now, with a heat dome event threatening most of the US, it is more important ...

Instagram launched a slew of new features on Wednesday — and users say one of them is a win for stalkers. The new Instagram Map allows users to share their real-time location with followers. With ...