I’ve been an enthusiast cook for 40 years, and I have gathered some nice knives and cookware. But I’ve never much cared what stove I was using – beyond a [...]

Earth's earliest life left behind very few chemical traces. Fragile remains, like ancient cells and microbial mats, were buried, squeezed, heated, and broken apart by the planet's shifting crust before [...]

Industrial pipes carrying water or chemicals invariably get gunked up as deposits accumulate on their internal surfaces. That slows flow, and slowly damages the equipment, leading to the need for [...]