THANE, India — In this tropical city, where humidity levels oscillate between muggy and oppressive for most of the year, Santosh Naykar’s only defense against the stickiness is a 14-year-old window ...

This story is from The Pulse, a weekly health and science podcast. Find it on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. Engineer Sorin Grama got interested in air conditioning when ...

Air conditioners make people cooler and the world hotter. A slew of startups are launching new products to break that cycle. Just a week into summer, heat waves are causing a surge in electricity ...

Imagine walking into your sweltering home after a long day, only to be greeted by a wave of oppressive heat. Air conditioners can feel like a luxury when temperatures soar, but what if you could ...

To combat stickier weather, air conditioners need to go from cooling machines to humidity gulpers. THANE, India — In this tropical city, where humidity levels oscillate between muggy and oppressive ...