In Europe in the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries, nearly a dozen cases of supposed spontaneous combustion were reported.

Energy is the invisible driver of nearly everything we do. It gets us to work, lights our homes – it even powers the equipment we use to broadcast Texas Standard. Energy – and access to it – ...

“You won’t believe what happened last night,” my friend said as we approached our gym lockers, unloading our shoulders of our purses and totes stuffed with changes of clothes. “What?” I asked absently ...

Spontaneous combustion is a sometimes mysterious and often misunderstood or misdiagnosed combustion of flammable materials. I am sure that many fires have been blamed on spontaneous combustion that ...

When EU lawmakers voted to ban the sale of new combustion engine cars in the bloc by 2035, it was a landmark victory for climate. In February, the European Parliament approved the law. All that was ...

This module connects ideas across topics in a first semester introductory chemistry course to explore the impacts of combustion reactions. By motivating students to understand the relationship between ...