Your home is crawling with life you can't see. Explore 18 fascinating microscopic beings that live in most houses, from dust mites to strange fungi.

Experts say you should wash your sheets once a week to reduce sweat, dust mites, and allergens—here’s why it matters for cleaner, healthier sleep.

Physicists in Leiden have built a microscope that can measure no fewer than four key properties of a material in a single scan, all with nanoscale precision. The instrument can even examine complete ...

Q. Getting rid of dust mites helped me with nighttime nasal congestion. Keeping the humidity in the house under 40 percent is important because dust mites like humidity. I also stay away from ...

A brawl between young hockey players during intermission of an AHL game is being investigated. Bruce Bennett / Getty Images There are multiple investigations into a brawl between young hockey players ...

While the merits of making your bed are many, science may support leaving it a mess. For years, experts have maintained that the morning ritual can help you sleep better, have more sex, boost ...

Dust mites. You can’t see them, but they’re everywhere -- your bedding, your couch cushions, your rugs and, yes, your favorite recliner. These tiny, eight-legged creatures are like the worst kind of ...