Three Things That Can Distort Your Blood Pressure Results
Your blood pressure is a measurement of the pressure your circulating blood is putting on the walls of your arteries, and is expressed as two numbers: Your systolic pressure (the…
This Air Purifier With an H13 HEPA Filter Is Over 50% Off Right Now
Image: Wetie The Wetie PM2.5 Air Purifier has a three-in-one H13 HEPA filter and can clean a large space with 360-degree air intake. If you’re concerned about pollen, smoke, or…
How to Actually Get That Smoky Smell Out of Your House (and What Won’t Work)
Whether you live on the East Coast and the wildfire smoke drifting from Canada is choking you, or you foolishly allowed someone to smoke a cigarette in your home, you’re…
What ‘Code Purple’ and Other Air Quality Terms Mean
If you haven’t paid attention to the air quality index until now, you’re probably learning a lot about it rather quickly. Philadelphia and Washington, D.C. are under an air quality…
Here Are All the Astro Events to Watch in June
In addition to bringing us the summer solstice—the longest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere—June is packed with celestial events, from meteor showers to planet sightings. Throughout the…
What the UV Index Actually Means
We get sunlight every day, but some days the ultraviolet rays are stronger than others. You know this intuitively if you’re prone to burning: You probably skip the sunscreen if…
What to Do (and Not Do) When Your Sunburn Starts Peeling
A sunburn that’s severe enough to peel is a sign that you fucked up—you should have worn sunscreen, or reapplied it after swimming, or made sure somebody helped you get…
The Best Ways to Combat Hard Water (and Why You Need To)
Chances are you don’t think too hard about the water in your life. It’s easy to take it for granted, and when it comes to water quality, most people will…
Season Your Food Gently With Sea Salt Spray
Photo: OlgaOzik (Shutterstock) Giant salt flakes are the cool kids of food pop culture. It makes sense, they make a great snacking salt, but they’ve managed to siphon away attention…
How to Tell If You Have Lead Pipes
Although the law banning the installation of lead pipes in the United States took effect in 1988, that still leaves many homes across the country with plumbing that may contain…