Given the language we use to describe a heat wave, there's no wonder we'll go to great lengths to escape it. When the sun beats us down, we often describe the experience in terms of cooking ... we're ...

If you purchase a product through a link on our site, we may receive compensation. Summer is finally here and this weekend, cities across the country are expecting warmer weather to pull us out of our ...

As is the case for many people, my home cannot be retrofitted with central air. My 100-plus-year-old Brooklyn apartment, which features prominently in my seven years of air quality reporting for WIRED ...