Read a good spark plug lately? We hope so, for your engine's sake. But spark plug reading—the traditional way to check your fuel mixture and monitor other vital conditions in the combustion chamber ...

Gas-powered internal combustion engines need spark plugs to (literally) ignite and complete the combustion stroke, enabling the motor to produce power. They may seem unusual to the untrained eye, but ...

Dr. Elizabeth Yuko is a bioethicist and adjunct professor of ethics at Fordham University. She has written for The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Atlantic, Rolling Stone, CNN & Playboy. When ...

In the hundred-plus years of the automobile, certain technology has bubbled to the top and largely stayed there. Pistons still go up and down (or side to side) inside engines. Despite the occasional ...

A mower that drags through four or five pulls before it catches, splutters under load, or dies halfway across the lawn is ...