Staying warm during an ice storm is paramount, but a recent “trick" going around social media is not what you think it is and ...

Space is a harsh environment: it's a vacuum with freezing temperatures, super high ultraviolet radiation and, of course, almost no oxygen. But Japanese researchers have found a type of moss that doesn ...

Electronic vital sign monitors have been common in hospitals for more than 40 years. On TV or in movies, they start making noises, and doctors and nurses come running, yelling things like “stat!” If ...

It’s been a little more than a year since four dams on the Klamath River came down — the biggest river restoration project in U.S. history. In that time, tribal, state, nonprofit and federal ...

A new study shows how an oxygen “breathing” metal oxide could play a central role in many green energy technologies. Made from iron, cobalt, and strontium, this metal oxide has the ability to expel ...

Any certified gearhead knows that diesel engines do not use spark plugs. But why not? If power in an engine is created by combustion or explosion of flammable liquids, won't a spark plug in a diesel ...

A fundamental difference between gasoline and diesel engines is that a gasoline engine uses spark ignition while a diesel engine uses compression ignition. Before we delve deeper, let's understand how ...

The amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere has continued to accelerate, increasing by a record amount last year. Trees, plants and tiny plankton in the ocean all convert CO2 into the oxygen we ...

We independently review everything we recommend. When you buy through our links, we may earn a commission. Learn more› By Jen Gushue As the Los Angeles area faces the aftermath of some of the most ...

According to the NFPA, there are at least 13 million alternative fuel vehicles on U.S. roadways today. All fuels of alternative fuel vehicles are hazardous to one degree or another. Given the trend ...