If you live in a region with below freezing temps, you may have heard of engine block heaters. Here's what they are, the ...

The original concept of combustion engines as we understand them dates as far back as the late 1800s. And while they are more or less a solved science today, they definitely didn't start that way.

As we begin the last article in this series on the basics of the internal combustion engine, let's stop to review what we've covered during the last five articles. We began last May by detailIing the ...

As far as lighting for film and video goes, there’s probably a lot more science at work than you’d ever imagine. Sure, for ...

Modern engines can be incredibly complex but even classic V8s have more moving pieces than most realize. This fully transparent engine with an oil pump and lighting to signify combustion demonstrates ...

Internal combustion might as well be wizardry to me. I have a basic idea of how engines work and I’ve been wrenching on them since I was a teenager, so I get the gist of it, but my feeble brain still ...

Some engines are difficult to repair, which is no good if they're also unreliable. This diesel engine from Ford is widely agreed to be the hardest to work on.

It is quite ironic that internal combustion engines (ICEs) have remained basically the same for more than one hundred years. It is only now – when they are allegedly on the verge of disappearing – ...