Heat pumps date back to the 1850s and are more energy efficient than furnaces or boilers. Image: Schon via Getty Images. Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 ...

Extreme humidity and triple-digit temperatures are affecting around 250 million people across the United States. Here's the science behind the heat dome that’s stifling the nation. A sunbather rests ...

Standing in the heart of central Australia, you'd be forgiven for thinking the ocean is irrelevant. Hundreds of kilometres of rust-red desert and spinifex-covered plains stand between it and the sea.

The Miami Heat are bolstering their power rotation by bringing back power forward Precious Achiuwa on a non-guaranteed, veteran minimum contract in NBA free agency, a source confirmed Wednesday to the ...

BOCA RATON — The mutual admiration has been a staple both on and off the court when it comes to Miami Heat center Bam Adebayo and Las Vegas Aces center A’ja Wilson. For now, as Adebayo works through ...

When we built our extension, one of the biggest questions was how we might want to heat it. We knew we wanted something modern and energy efficient, but also comfortable enough to make the space feel ...

Installing heat pumps, which use electricity to heat and cool air, is a key part of Massachusetts' plan to get homes off of fossil fuels. (Miriam Wasser/WBUR) Using an electric heat pump in ...

Climate and consumer advocates have asked the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission to stop allowing gas companies to pass along to consumers the cost of new gas hookups. Credit: Matthew Brown / AP ...

Frank Gonzales likens the chaos of bouncing up and down through a bumpy dirt track, crashing into dozens of cars, to a game of bumper cars at an amusement park. “You realize after the first hit it don ...