Forget what the fox says. Until recently, the bigger mystery was why the kettle whistles. The high-pitched note emitted by hot kettles has puzzled scientists for more than a century, but thanks to two ...

An Indian aero acoustics scientist has finally worked out why and how a kettle actually whistles – a problem which has puzzled scientists for more than 100 years. LONDON: An Indian aero acoustics ...

British physicist Lord Rayleigh is best known for his discovery of argon and for explaining, in 1871, why the sky is blue. But he also puzzled over this: [sound of a kettle whistling]. Rayleigh knew ...

How much more functional can a teakettle be? Not much. The whistling teakettle was on the cutting edge of technology decades ago and still does a great job. It was one of the first self-timing tools ...

The typical backyard food grower is familiar with planting greens, tomatoes, peppers, squash, herbs, berries and other staples, plus perhaps a few exotic crops that are difficult to find at the ...