I don't know about you, but I've been a regular watcher of the local TV news for decades. The news and sports are well and good, but the weather forecast is always the main event. When the temps start ...

If you’ve experienced more headaches than usual lately, blame Washington, DC’s whipsaw weather: changes in barometric pressure may have contributed to your agony. And while it’s pointless to get mad ...

John Carlsen has more than a decade of experience testing and reviewing home tech products, with a major focus on smart home security. He earned his BS in journalism from Utah Valley University. In ...

A barometer is the instrument we use to measure air pressure. At the bottom of this post, I’ll explain why air pressure is critical in forecasting the weather. Cut the neck off the balloon and stretch ...

'We’ve been making thermometers for 160 years’, notes Edward Allen of Russell Scientific Instruments. ‘We started off as glass-blowers and metal machinists, then, 40 years ago, my predecessors decided ...

Being right in the middle of technology news, I’m always surprised by the creativity of engineers who make the world around us move. iPads make their way into operation rooms, educational systems are ...

THIS handy little work is intended chiefly for amateurs, but it includes descriptions of instruments required for a “second-order” station, while difficulties which the author thinks are apt to “scare ...