I was recently camping at about 11,000 feet, and was talking to my wife about how water boils at a progressively lower temperature as you gain altitude. It's a simple concept, but she had never run ...

It’s not “the weather” in general — it’s air pressure. Air pressure affects the temperature at which water boils to such an extent that the boiling times must be increased when cooking at higher ...

SPOILER ALERT: If you haven’t already done so, test yourself with our new Science Knowledge Quiz. We discuss one of the answers to the questions below. It seems like one of those basic science facts: ...