No one can say with scientific confidence why we exist or what happens when we die. In fact, scientists have a tenuous grasp on what it even means to be conscious. But our purely human urge to ask the ...

Every gasoline engine is basically a series of controlled explosions, and the coil pack is the component that lights the fuse. Your car's battery puts out a measly 12 volts, which is great for your ...

When you think of a father teaching his son, you imagine lessons about honesty, respect, or hard work not fraud. But that’s exactly what happened here. This “businessman dad” involved his child in a ...

Your car's engine needs a very specific diet of air and fuel to do its job, and it's the fuel pressure regulator's (FPR) job to feed it the right amount. The gadget is relatively tiny and can fit in ...

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What began as a normal day magnet fishing turned into something far more serious. The shocking objects we found forced us to face a disturbing reality. Four friends posed for a photo on vacation in ...

Yuting Zhang has received funding from the Australian Research Council, Department of Veterans' Affairs, the Victorian Department of Health, National Health and Medical Research Council, and Eastern ...

The U.S. government faces a shutdown on Oct. 1 unless Congress passes a spending bill to keep the government funded. Ed Jenkins, professor of practice in accounting at Penn State, explains in the Q&A ...

The federal government shut down as of 12:01 a.m. Oct. 1. Up to 750,000 federal workers could be furloughed and not paid. Could the shutdown affect you? Mail, Social Security, and other essential ...

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Washington is bracing for what could be a prolonged federal shutdown after lawmakers deadlocked and missed the deadline for funding the government. Republicans called the Democratic ...

The federal government shut down Wednesday after lawmakers failed to pass a funding bill. Agencies and departments each have their own operational procedures during a shutdown, and they have issued ...