Longer-lasting light bulbs: it was complicated

A troubling trend in lighting?

Bright from the Start: GE's CFL with an incandescent trick up its sleeve

This goofy fridge has a really clever design. It's also kinda terrible.

Why Are Cooling Towers Shaped Like That?

Showing how this Philips 100 watt mercury vapor bulb works with the incandescent safety filament

I bought a freeze dryer so you don't have to

How the gas mantle made lamps 10X brighter

In Defense of the CFL: A Retrospective

How Many ERRORS Can You Fit in a Video?!

Movies made sound with a light bulb: Sound-on-film

Why don't Americans use electric kettles?

The Simple Math Problem That Revolutionized Physics

Old HVAC industry practices are holding us back and costing us money. But we can fix it.

LED Christmas lights which don't hurt the eyes: it finally happened!

Why we should go back to writing in runes

The decorative lamp that's built wrong on purpose

Why It Was Almost Impossible to Make the Blue LED

Humidifiers: Simpler is better?

What exactly is the goop inside a lava lamp?

Why do hurricane lanterns look like that?