If you’ve seen a big air-variable capacitor, you may have noticed that some of the plates may have slots cut into them. Why? [Mr Carlson] has the answer in the video below. The short answer: ...

Your smoke and carbon monoxide detectors quietly decide how much time you have to escape a fire, yet the tiny date code that ...

How to read a cigar label properly, from origin and wrapper to format and maker, so you know exactly what you are lighting.

Blueprints are the key to crafting tools and weapons in ARC Raiders, here's a complete list of all the blueprints in the game ...

Japanese and Korean passive-component makers are diverting more capacity to high-end capacitors used in AI servers, tightening supply in mainstream electronics, and creating new openings for Taiwanese ...

Mr. Giles is a novelist and the former executive Hollywood editor of Vanity Fair. Anyone who’s published a book or tried to has had even indispensable friends and family tell them why they’re not ...

Tyler is a writer under CNET's home energy and utilities category. He came to CNET straight out of college, where he graduated from Seton Hall with a bachelor's degree in journalism. For the past ...

In a first-of-its-kind study, scientists found that bumblebees can tell the difference between short and long light flashes, much like recognizing Morse code. The insects learned which signal led to a ...

Researchers at Queen Mary University of London have shown for the first time that an insect—the bumblebee Bombus terrestris—can decide where to forage for food based on different durations of visual ...

What’s spookier than Halloween this fall? Having an empty to-be-read list! But there’s no need to fret if your library holds are barren or your nightstand bookstack is a little thin – USA TODAY has ...