Where does the ideal air/fuel ratio come from? What makes 14.7:1 the ideal air fuel ratio for gasoline combustion? This video explains the chemistry behind internal combustion engines using octane as ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Chapped lips, occasional nosebleeds, and increased chances of wildfire are just some of the risks associated with dry air. You may be thinking, “Isn’t all air dry?” Well, no. According ...

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Illinois has dealt with a fair amount of air pollution this summer, primarily as a result of migrating smoke from Canadian wildfires. This has resulted in smoggy skies and bitter smells across the ...

NORFOLK, Va. — Most summer days, you hear us talk about “humidity” when describing how the air feels. While many people are familiar with the term relative humidity — the percentage of water vapor in ...

PHOENIX (AZFamily) — While the temperature trend is going up, humidity has been trending downward lately, you’ve probably felt the dryness in the air! Dew points measure the amount of moisture in the ...

When it comes to Missouri summers, any lifelong resident will tell you, "It's not the heat, it's the humidity." And with multiple heat advisories issued throughout the state amid a heat dome pummeling ...

Dangerous heat and humidity will move into the Chicago area forecast this week, the NBC 5 Storm Team said, with an extreme heat watch set to take effect mid-week and "feels like" temperatures as high ...

Air quality in the Chicago area remains poor for the third straight day in a row, with an air quality alert in effect through Wednesday night, along with extremely muggy conditions and the chance for ...

The first major heat wave of summer has enveloped much of the midwestern and eastern U.S. in a brutal “dome” of record temperatures and high humidity. The dome phenomenon happens when weather ...

Some hot days feel even worse thanks to high humidity, trapped heat and dew points. Cities are especially vulnerable. By Nazaneen Ghaffar Nazaneen Ghaffar is a reporter on The Times’s weather team. It ...

Hot, steamy air blowing into Illinois from a heat dome moving east across the country has kicked off at least a week of dangerous heat, with humidity peaking Saturday through Monday. These kinds of ...