Hedges and trees may actually reduce home exposure to radiant heat and flying embers, but they must be well maintained. Two scientists who study how plants burn explain.

A new exhibition at Colorado State University highlights 100 years of women’s work.

About 40% of total US energy consumption is used by household and industrial appliances, such as heating and cooling systems, refrigerators and lighting.

Left out of FDR’s New Deal, the health insurance program for the poor was finally established in 1965.

Tearing down abandoned homes has proven benefits, such as reducing crime and toxic materials, but it doesn’t pay for itself.

Technological solutions and environmental incentives rarely recognise that the way we heat our homes is often a way of life.

Assessing how well items align with your core beliefs may make it easier to let them go.

In many parts of the US, Americans must learn to live with fire. That means careful decisions on where homes are built and what’s around them, and allowing more low-risk fires to burn.

Cycling provides many physical and mental health benefits, but older riders have specific concerns, such as balance. A bike network expert explains what seniors need to be comfortable pedaling.

Many older people could live independent lives in smart homes, but so far the technology has failed to live up to the hype.