Try toiling over a series of timed math problems while being bombarded by static at jackhammer volume. Volunteers in a stress experiment at Pennsylvania State University did just that, while in ...

REPORTER: FROM RESTAURANTS LIKE LEGAL SEA FOODS TO THE LOCAL OFFICES OF SPOTIFY, OR EVEN INSIDE SOMEONE’S PRIVATE IN-HOME BOWLING ALLEY, WHEN YOU WANT TO KEEP THE VOLUME DOWN, LEAVE IT UP TO THIS ...

Editor’s note: Welcome to the 68th installment of Brownstone Boys Reno, a reader renovation diary about renovating a brownstone in Bed Stuy. See the first one here. They also blog at ...

WEBVTT WATER WORKS SAYS ANYTHING OVER 10 MILLIGRAMS IS A PROBLEM. THE NEIGHBORHOOD BATTLE BETWEEN THE VAL-AIR BALLROOM AND THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOOD HAS TONED DOWN THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS. STACEY: ...

Q: We live in a two-story house that has recessed floodlights in the first- floor ceiling and have been told that we cannot add insulation to the second- story floors because of the floodlights. We ...

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When most websites discuss homes, they mean single-family houses and rarely talk about apartment living. (Although looking down the list of TreeHugger posts on the subject, I was surprised at how well ...

A CLEVER mum has created an epic sound-proof gaming room for her son using play mats she got from Aldi. The popular foam mats are just £6.99 for a pack of 16 – and parents have been using them in ...