If you ever wondered what PSI stands for with car tires, the answer is fairly simple. It's also easy to find out what PSI ...

Put Mt. Everest (28 deg North) at the latitude of Mt. McKinley (63 deg North) in the United States and it is likely that no climber would ever have been able to reach the summit breathing the ...

A small amount of water is added to an aluminum soda can and brought to boiling on a hot plate or with a Bunsen burner. The water gas molecules will occupy all the space inside the can since the air ...

ALBANY — Sudden temperature drops can prompt your car’s tire pressure alert to light up. But the arrival of frigid air can also cause problems for the machines drivers rely on to pump up soft ...

Watch this fascinating demonstration of air pressure at work. Notice how the egg vibrates as the heated air escapes around it, and how it gets smoothly pushed into the bottle by atmospheric pressure.