Using an extension cord in the kitchen can often be a bad idea, especially if you don't follow the proper safety guidelines. Here's what you should know.

Every holiday season, an average of more than 150 house fires sparked by Christmas trees and some 835 fires from lighted Christmas decorations break out in the U.S., according to the National Fire ...

Most outlets have a limit of 1,800 watts, with 1,500 watts cited as a safe maximum. This is enough for multiple device ...

Apartment dwellers in a downtown Laconia city block got a minor Christmas-season miracle when firefighters happened to be nearby as a fire broke out in a garage between four buildings. Fire Chief ...

Matt Fuchs lives in Maryland and writes about health, science, and technology. Photo-Illustration by TIME (Source Images: vejaa/Getty Images, MirageC/Getty Images, Nature, food, landscape, ...

Using adaptive tools and following ALS kitchen safety strategies can make cooking and eating safer when living with ALS.

I spent nearly a decade working in restaurants and trained many cooks on the basics of food safety. These are the tools I recommend to stay safe in the kitchen from brands like Hedley & Bennett and ...

Certain people who use cannabis tend to drink less alcohol, a new study found. Researchers from Brown University’s Center for Alcohol and Addiction Studies set out to determine whether cannabis use ...

What’s happened? TCL CSOT (a subsidiary of TCL Technology) has announced a series of ground-breaking OLED display technologies which it says “set new industry standards.” These technologies could have ...

Bring joy back to cooking prep by investing in one of the best cutting boards. I tested 12 popular models and found three that belong in your kitchen.

A popular torch lighter is being recalled due to deadly fire and burn hazards. Calico Brands is recalling about 175,000 Scripto Premium Torches, the Consumer Product Safety Commission said on Thursday ...

An Oregon wildland supervisor, seriously injured while cutting down a Christmas tree, is recovering in a trauma center. Dana Turner was leading a team of 15 forestry firefighters cutting down a ...