Rebecca Brill is a writer whose essays have appeared in The Paris Review Daily, VICE, Literary Hub, and elsewhere. She runs the Susan Sontag's Diary and the Sylvia Plath's Food Diary accounts on ...

What's nanotechnology done for you lately? You know, nanotechnology, the science of manipulating the atomic structure of materials on a scale of a nanometer (one-billionth of a meter)? This is the ...

Did you know that the global spray foam market is projected to reach $3.63 billion by 2030? This reflects the rising interest in effective and long-lasting insulation options. Choosing the right ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the Monitor ...

The full comparison is available here: Mineral Wool vs. Spray Foam ...

Spray foam insulation – also called spray foam or spray polyurethane foam (SPF) – is an alternative to traditional building insulation. However, it comes with a number of drawbacks including high cost ...

Shipping container housing has gone so mainstream that USA Today covers it; on seeing the picture of Peter DeMaria's Redondo Beach house I was reminded of a question that I had when I first learned ...

The exhaust pipe for my furnace is a round pipe in a square hole, so it doesn't fill the entire opening. The cable company has taken advantage of this by running my cable line in through the same hole ...

Kelly has over 10 years of experience writing about home design and improvement for many prominent publications. She also spent several years working at a tech startup for an interior design game ...