Thermostat
For many years, heat was an insoluble mystery. The first step toward understanding the mystery came in the mid-1600s, when scientists began constructing the first thermometers. Once they be...
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The temperature in Lea Wait's home has been falling along with stock prices.Wait, 61, invested the early retirement buyout she took from AT&T Corp. in 1998. As stocks gyrated this winter and th...
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Imagine coming home and, with the push of a single button, turning on the lights, turning up the thermostat and flipping on the TV. Another button might shut off all the lights and turn down the th...
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Last December, President Bush signed an energy bill that will ban the sale of Edison's incandescent bulb, starting with the 100-watt bulb in 2012 and ending with the 40-watt bulb by 2014. You say, ...
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With a launch countdown looming, NASA scrambled to fix a cabin leak aboard space shuttle Endeavour on Wednesday.The leak was traced overnight to one of two pressure-relief valves in Endeavour's cre...
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Freezer Pleaser70% of the world's energy is used on home electrical products. The majority is white goods, so make sure yours are as efficient as possible by regularly defrosting, and checking that...
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When members of the Bare Nekkid Mainers rent the Old Town Bowling Center, all they really need are the shoes. "Hey, you can't go skinny-dipping at this time of year," Hessa, who organizes the gathe...
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Berlin (dpa) - Germans are ready to implement far-reaching changes
to their lifestyles to cut back on energy consumption, according to a
survey published Friday, days before...
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Parts of Southern California were in for another hot day Tuesday after a week of sweltering in triple-digit temperatures that contributed to power outages that left thousands without air conditioni...
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Jacob Chapman hopes to plant a rooftop garden at Olathe South High School, encourages classmates to recycle plastic bottles and paper, and wants them to reduce their use of disposables in the schoo...
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Thermostat
Retirees turn down the thermostat, skip restaurant meals as stocks swoon while prices increase
