The development of the clothes dryer followed that of the washing machine. An early design was patented by the African-American inventor G.T. Sampson in 1892. The first successful home drying machines were designed in the 1930s by J. Ross Moore,...

A clothes dryer or tumble dryer is a household appliance that is used to remove the moisture from a load of clothing and other textiles, generally shortly after they are cleaned in a washing machine. Most dryers consist of a rotating drum called a...

Edited questions from Apartment Life, Sara Gebhardt's online discussion about rental issues. QFalls Church: Should you take laundry out of the dryer that has been in there too long? I think it's completely appropriate, but my complex recently put up a sign...

The Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) is heading an effort to develop a microwave clothes dryer. Thermo Energy Corp and JG Microwave developed a prototype unit that EPRI has been testing since 1991. The prototype can dry clothes faster and gentler, using 20% less...

Environmentalism: So global-warming alarmists now want to limit our use of toilet paper. What's next, one-room shacks with bamboo fences? Don't laugh. That's also on their list of recommendations.Singer Sheryl Crow says she's spent most of her save-the-planet tour of campuses "trying to come up...