We all strive to keep our white clothes free of stains, yet they seem like a magnet for grease splatters and tomato sauce spills. Removing these stubborn stains is no easy task; from bleach to ...

There’s a reason why some social media cleaning “hacks” are only surfacing now, decades after domestic scientists and home economists developed many of the products and techniques still used today: ...

TikTok has given us clever life hacks for everything from shutting cereal boxes to slicing hard-boiled eggs. But don’t believe everything you see on social media: Some tips are actually just recipes ...

In the search for the whitest whites and brightest brights, you may be tempted to add some unusual laundry additives you spot on social media to your washing machine. Or maybe you’ve spotted one of ...

I’VE been writing on some weighty topics lately — too little money, too many choices, too few jobs. It’s time, I decided, to move on to some questions that haunt me almost every day. How much soap ...