As a childless cat (and dog) lady, one of my biggest pet peeves (pun intended) is piles of pet hair all over my clothes, blankets, sheets and furniture. I sometimes find myself tossing clean clothes ...

Eight years ago, Patagonia started to study a little-known environmental problem: With every load of laundry, thousands (even millions) of microfibers, each less than 5 millimeters long, wash down the ...

The washboard is back. Open the lid of some new Samsung high-efficiency top-loaders and you'll see a water jet and a built-in sink with ridges—a modern take on the washboard—that enable you to ...