A slew of vehicles idling in a traffic jam - Canetti/Shutterstock Idling a vehicle after cold-starting was once a useful technique in carbureted engines. Unless you were looking to stall the engine ...

These decades-old engines outlast modern ones — and anyone can fix them.

The system works best where there’s low humidity and clear skies, since clouds and water vapor limit how well energy can radiate out into space. Arid and semi-arid areas, especially in the American ...

The Baltimore Orioles have been struggling a bit this season, with their 27-32 record being far from what the team was hoping for during what was hopefully going to be a bounce-back season following ...

Cold hands and feet when everyone else feels comfortable often get dismissed as a quirk of body temperature regulation. While some people naturally run cooler than others, persistent chilliness can ...

In the endless pursuit of faster, more efficient travel, engineers have been cooking up all kinds of new forms of propulsion. One of the most interesting to emerge in the last decade is the electric ...

Engine auto stop-start—let’s call it ESS—has become an exasperating example of how a small compromise can combust into a cultural grievance. It’s a feature designed to save a little fuel and reduce ...

Starting your car daily in winter is crucial to prevent mechanical issues. Potential issues include dead batteries, engine stress and frozen fuel lines. It's tempting to avoid starting your car in ...

Engineers at UC Davis have built a remarkable device that creates power at night by tapping into something we rarely think about: the vast cold of outer space. Using a special type of Stirling engine, ...

Most revenue leaders won’t ever say this out loud, but almost all of them feel it: They hate cold calling. They hate cold emails. And they hate asking their best salespeople to spend hours reaching ...

If you’re a climate-change denier in the eastern U.S., including the president, then the past few weeks have been a dream. It’s cold and snowy where I live, you might say, colder and snowier than in ...

If you’re a climate-change denier in the eastern US, including the president, then the past few weeks have been a dream. It’s cold and snowy where I live, you might say, colder and snowier than in ...