Nerd Knowledge

With regard to the telecom company that just offered to turn Kiefer into a "smart city," we know a lot of people will be asking, "What is that?"

In recent years, electricity costs have skyrocketed and I am going to tell you how to calculate how much electricity you are using, how much it is costing you, and finally, how to reduce those costs.

Exceptionally hot and dry conditions that last for days or weeks are caused by high-pressure systems that force the air downward, preventing them from rising and cooling.

Modern-day scam artists have easy access to an enormously large pool of potential victims. Don't be one! Learn everything about how to avoid phone scams, email scams, even romance scams.

The first fireworks were developed in China around the second century, and to this day, they still follow almost the same chemical formula as they did centuries ago.

Scammers are hitting hard with new technology, finding ways to take advantage of folks using their kind hearts or lack of understanding. Beware!

Although quantum computing is still in the experimental stage, companies are attempting to develop quantum computers to develop new drugs, find cures for illnesses, and perhaps design the next great engineering marvel.

An AED (Automatic External Defibrillator) is essentially a computerized version of a defibrillator, a machine that transmits an electrical signal via electrodes placed on the patient’s chest to restore normal heart rhythm in the case of cardiac arrest.

Before science discovered how and why lightning occurs, humans were convinced there was a mythological or theological explanation for this breathtaking force of nature.

The term marijuana and cannabis are often used interchangeably in the American Lexicon, however, according to the National Institute of Health, they are not the same.