At the Met Office, we use a blend of cutting-edge technology and time-tested methods to observe and record the atmosphere’s most important elements. Here’s how we measure sunshine, cloud, visibility ...

If you’ve got a smart home, or you just want to know how soaked your garden is getting in the winter, you might want to measure rainfall. There are a bunch of ways to go about it, and this capacitive ...

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Robot vacuums have steadily improved their cleaning performance and object avoidance over the years, but during our testing at CNET Labs, we discovered an odd trade-off.

A recent study from researchers at Queen Mary University of London and University College London has drawn attention after several international outlets reported that humans might sense objects before ...

Cassidy was an updates editor whose main responsibility is to write and edit articles on a range of home improvement topics. Her passion for lifestyle writing began with her editorial apprenticeship ...