This post originally appeared on Soylent creator Rob Rhinehart's personal blog, and kicked off a heated debate in the Ars staff IRC channel about whether Rhinehart's approach to sustainable living is ...

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Vol. 116, No. 45 (November 5, 2019), pp. 22438-22439 (2 pages) M. R. Krause, P. G ...

There are two main types of electrical current that flow through your home: Alternating and direct. The vast majority of devices around you are powered by alternating current. By allowing electrons to ...

Poor Topsy. Thomas Edison killed the ex-circus elephant, electrocuting the animal to demonstrate how dangerous alternating current was. Edison even described electrocution as being “Westinghoused,” ...

Scientific American is part of Springer Nature, which owns or has commercial relations with thousands of scientific publications (many of them can be found at www ...

Electric vehicles are an important wave of the future, offering motorists a cleaner and more efficient way to travel. But when it comes to charging their batteries, electric vehicles have a particular ...